Agriculture Industry
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-14
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Martin Kenny (SF), Sligo-Leitrim

We recognise all that. The difficulty I have is that in the past we had a legacy where young farmers were let down. We have had the forgotten farmers and all that before. It still has not been fully dealt with. I would, of course, say that from my side of the House. We need to ensure we do not create a situation where anything like this happens again. We need firm commitments to young people who want to farm that they will have the opportunity to do so and will get assistance from the Government to do so and that this will be an option for them into the future and that they will be able to see a long-term viable future in farming.
The Minister mentioned that some of the proposals will be dependent on the new CAP that will be coming in two years' time. That seems like kicking the can down the road a little bit. We need to get clarity on that. Is the Minister going to wait for the new CAP?
The Minister also mentioned recommendations in the report that are already happening and stuff that has been extended. That is fine. We knew about that. Some of the recommendations have a fairly hefty budgetary cost to them. What is going to happen with those and when will they be implemented? Will the Minister wait for the new CAP to implement them? Is the cost going to be taken out of that budget too?
That will be another problem if it happens because it will impact on the measures that farmers depend on today. We do not want to see that raided for the future.

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Sitting date: 2025-10-14