Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty is urging the Government to stop dragging its heels and to implement long awaited changes to the Fair Deal Scheme for farming families and small business owners.
Under the changes, it’s proposed to cap participant contributions on farm assets at three years where a family member commits to working those farm assets, something not allowed for under the current programme at present.
Calling on the Minister for Health to urgently implement the reforms, Deputy Doherty says farming families are suffering as a result of the lack of action by the Government:
