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Local TD brands proposals to push out payment for support schemes for farmers "unacceptable"

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Local TD brands proposals to push out payment for support schemes for farmers "unacceptable"

From Galway Bay fm newsroom- Proposals by the Department of Agriculture to push back the payment dates for agriculture support schemes for farmers is "unacceptable".

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Thats according to local Independent TD Sean Canney.

One such proposal is to hold back ANC payments by four weeks, and set a new payment date of mid-October.

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Meanwhile, another proposal is to delay the BISS payment by one week- which Deputy Canney says will lead to unnecessary hardship for farmers:

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Local TD brands proposals to push out payment for support schemes for farmers "unacceptable"

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