Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Land drainage, especially in my area and in many parts near that area, is a continuous activity. If one did it this year and brought in an inspector next year, the inspector would say one has a lovely field, but if one were to bring the inspector back in two years, rushes would be growing back and the work would need to be done again. I would be fearful of this fine-tuning element where people who, in essence, still have the constraint of disadvantaged land from a drainage point of view, would be eliminated, as it were.

When we get down to the final application, I hope, as in the case of lands situated on offshore island that are designated as areas of specific constraint, that we will make the maximum use of the 10% designation.