Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I have one final question. If the change is welcome in the context of simplifying things for farmers from the Department's perspective, for the farmers themselves, this change is coming mid-stream. I am not being critical when I say this but just stating a fact. Payments were late and the answer given was that this happened because of the Department's computer system and technology and because it is a new CAP. Now that the Department has got up to speed with this aspect, will the goalposts be moving in any way with these changes? Will it simplify or complicate things more for the Department?