IFA warns over contractor C2 requirement

A WARNING that the requirement for a contractor C2 on completion of the work could leave farmers undertaking farm improvements high and dry for grant payments has been issued.

Limerick IFA has called for the requirement for the production of the contractor C2 to only apply to the date of engagement of the contractor and not the completion of the work.

County vice-chairman Eddie Scanlan told a meeting of the executive it was unacceptable that farmers should be held responsible for something outside of their control. “It has to be good enough that the farmer ensures that the contractor is compliant at the time he is starting the job. The farmer cannot be responsible for what happens between the time a job is started and finished.

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