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Ring calls for more lenient approach to Farm Assist Scheme
A plea has been made to the Social Welfare Minister, Mary Hanafin, to adopt a more lenient approach to vetting applicants for the Farm Assist Scheme. It has come from the Fine Gael spokesperson on Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Michael Ring, who said farmers were being assisted on last year’s income which bears no comparison to their present financial position because of the economic downturn.
