Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Last week, the Members in Opposition raised the issues of single farm payments and all the different farm schemes and accused the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of not making payments to farmers. Does the Leader have an update on the matter and what farm scheme payments have been made? Could we invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the House to outline the new farm inspection schemes announced by Commissioner Hogan that will be introduced in 2016? I welcome what Commissioner Hogan is trying to do to reduce bureaucracy and farmers’ fears that inspections will be reduced from 5% to 1%.