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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - National Cattle Herd.

Budget changes affecting small farmers

Summary

Kitt asked whether budget changes had hit small farmers with off-farm work and discouraged herd expansion. The Ceann Comhairle ruled that the questions were separate from those on the Order Paper.

Does the Minister accept the fact that he has not introduced any new schemes? Do I understand that small farmers who have off-farm occupations—

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

That is a separate question. These do not arise out of the questions on the Order Paper.

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——have been severely hit by the budget changes and that it is a disincentive to increasing the national herd?

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Thomas J. Fitzpatrick An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

Those questions do not arise out of these.

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