Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I were to accept this recommendation that business plans be not just submitted but approved, it would require Teagasc to establish an approval process for those claimants of stock relief who had not previously submitted a business plan. In some instances, it may also render ineligible for purposes of claiming stock relief, business plans already submitted to Teagasc or the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for any other purpose. Such a requirement would also go beyond what the European Commission has stipulated as part of its approval process. Consequently, it would be more onerous on applicants. I believe it does not add anything to it.