IFA give minister deadline to solve waste management scheme crux
Because of the pressure on public finances, the Government decided last week to phase the payment of an estimated €550 million to 17,000 farmers for environmental works completed under the scheme. Mr Smith also undertook to meet with the main banks and recommend that they facilitate those farmers who are due grants, which the State is committed to paying in full.
But the IFA president Padraig Walshe said yesterday the minister cancelled a meeting due to have been held on Friday, and, while he spoke with him on the phone that day, he had gone to ground since.
