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Only 72 Mayo farmers have received their REPS 4 payments in the past month leaving 1,204 farmers in the county still without their money. The situation has been described as “unacceptable” by Deputy John O’Mahony who has had this information supplied to him.

I wrote recently of the urgent need for competence in Government. Commercial competence gained through experience at the coalface is essential to successfully negotiate the current economic challenges. In any major public organisation the people at the helm are appointed on ability gained through experience of working at a high level in business.

Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has called for the resignation of the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith TD, after figures he obtained showed that nearly 1,300 farmers in Mayo are still awaiting payment on the REPS 4 scheme for 2009.

Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony has called for the resignation of the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith TD, after figures he obtained showed that nearly 1,300 farmers in Mayo are still awaiting payment on the REPS 4 scheme for 2009.

The viability of farming and the rural economy in the west depends on the provision of properly-funded farm schemes.

IFA president Padraig Walsh has received categorical assurances that the Single Farm Payment will not be touched irrespective of what happens during the WTO talks.

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, this week announced that the Philippines had removed the ban on the importation of Irish EU beef.

Even though dairy farmers received over a 2 per cent increase in the price that they receive for their milk over the summer, production has not grown over the same period.

The IFA president Padraig Walsh is very positive that immediate action will be taken at both national and EU level to resolve the severe problems in the sheep sector.

Mayo farmers are to receive over €20 million in funding under the 2008 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, it was announced this week.