Finance Bill 2025 [Certified Money Bill]: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Conor Murphy (SF), Industrial and Commercial Panel

We oppose this section as it places an unfair burden on farmers. This measure will, in effect, mean that a farmer who has any element of commercial poultry on the farm will have to set up two different systems. Some farmers have estimated that this measure could cost up to €30,000. The other fact is the timeframe for the introduction of the measure. Farmers have not had enough time to decouple their businesses. In removing the flat rate from poultry so quickly, the legislation creates a viability issue for farmers. The Government will say that there has been engagement on this measure but we feel that the speed of its introduction and the administrative changes proposed will create an unfair complexity for farmers and, therefore, we oppose the section.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09