I will be raising the concerns of Mayo Hill Farmers in a Topical Issues Debate in the Dáil this afternoon, Wednesday 17 September.The origins of the issues causing stress and anguish to Hill Farmers lies in the Department’s proposals for the new GLAS Environmental Scheme. “Hill Farmers throughout Ireland but particularly in the West are so incensed by the move that they have gone so far as to accuse the IFA of selling them out with anger levels so high that 1700 people gathered an emergency meeting in Westport on 17 July. “The Hill Farmers are totally opposed to a Collective Agreement on the Commonages. A 50% collective agreement and … Continue reading Hill Farmers concerns to be raised in Dáil