The Department of Agriculture is examining farmers who are not drawing down a basic payment to assess whether they are abiding by water quality rules.
When asked by Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice this week if the Department is looking at these farmers, senior inspector at the Department Jack Nolan said: “We are looking at whether there are issues.”
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“Some farmers are saying that the average dairy farmer gets €20,000 in Basic Payment and is it worth their while to get that [payment] or get five extra cows if they’re being asked to store extra slurry and so on?
“So enforcement and implementation of these will be a major part of the revised River Basin Management Plan,” he said.
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The Department of Agriculture is examining farmers who are not drawing down a basic payment to assess whether they are abiding by water quality rules.
When asked by Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice this week if the Department is looking at these farmers, senior inspector at the Department Jack Nolan said: “We are looking at whether there are issues.”
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“Some farmers are saying that the average dairy farmer gets €20,000 in Basic Payment and is it worth their while to get that [payment] or get five extra cows if they’re being asked to store extra slurry and so on?
“So enforcement and implementation of these will be a major part of the revised River Basin Management Plan,” he said.
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