Farmers' group calls for reversal of concrete levy
Many farm water troughs are now concrete products and will be affected by the levy.
A farm leader has claimed that the 10% levy on ready mix concrete, as well as on other products including blocks, announced in the budget will have huge implications for farmers.
Several Dáil deputies have also expressed reservations over the levy, but Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien defended the decision to offset the cost of the €2.7bn Mica grant scheme. Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association president, Dermot Kelleher, said he was stunned by the move.
