Michael Collins (Cork South-West, Independent Ireland Party)

For the past five weeks or so I have been looking for a debate on agriculture weeks relating to the ACRE payments. There are 9,000 farmers waiting for their payments in respect of 2023 and 2024. Some 2,000 have not received payments for 2023. We also have a crisis with tuberculosis, TB, which is costing farmers €150 million with the highest rates of TB since 2003, up 36%. We also need to debate water quality in relation to agriculture. The derogation has improved and we need a debate on this immediately, this week. The Chief Whip has-----

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