Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion.

 

We also need to concentrate on smaller farmers. The vast majority of European subsidies go to larger farmers but what number go to smaller farmers? While figures have been bandied about in this debate, the scales are not balanced in favour of the smaller operator. By and large, they are balanced in favour of the large operator. We need to encourage systems whereby younger farmers can work off the land to subsidise their incomes in order to promote living on the land and ensure young people will find it lucrative to remain in farming, even if they have off-farm income.

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