'The family farm should be protected' - Sinn Féin calls for action on farm succession

Family farms around Ireland should be protected or given over to the State to build on if they are not being used, a Sinn Féin TD has said.It says the approach would bring stakeholders and experts together tasked with bringing forward proposals aimed at allowing farms to survive and thrive over the rest of this century and beyond."In the first instance it sends a signal to our farmers...that the family farm should be protected," she said.

"I think rather than sitting back and dealing with crises and issues as they come, or not dealing with others, I think it's very sensible that you would plan and respond.""Macra have done an awful lot of work in relation to succession and what others have said when it comes to succession is looking at, for example, a time-limited retirement scheme that was in place previously," he said.

"I've been really taken aback at all of the organisations and meetings I've been to where income and money isn't the top issue. "Succession is a major challenge but rather than just leave it there and say, 'We'll see what happens', we should plan and say, 'What can we do in terms of succession where there is someone willing to take it on?'

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