Government urged to intervene in EC’s deadline for farm waste

THE Government was urged yesterday to make a direct and urgent plea to the European Commission to extend the deadline for the completion of works under the farm waste management scheme.

Farmers are campaigning for an extension of the deadline as works being carried out under the programme have been delayed, due primarily to the wet weather of recent months.

Irish members of the European Parliament met with senior members of the commission in on the issue in Brussels yesterday