Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Income Tax on Farmers. Declining small-farm viability
Summary
Blaney called for an investigation into the difficulties facing farmers, citing a trend of larger farms prospering while smaller ones decline; the Chair said remaining questions would be taken next Tuesday.
Would the Minister have a full investigation of the plight of the vast majority of farmers in the country, not because of anything which happened this season but because of the general pattern of our farming assistance where it is a matter, as in the case of other walks of life, of the big getting bigger and more profitable and the small getting smaller and fewer? This is going on in farming at an alarming rate at the moment.
