I have called on the new Government to bring forward legislation to introduce a three-year cap on productive farming assets.
‘There is widespread support for this legislation from all partners. It’s introduction was delayed due to legal issues which are now sorted’
Farm assets should be treated the same as family homes and the three-year cap on the duration the assets can be assessed should be introduced across the board.
‘It is particularly stressful for families when their loved one has to go into a Nursing Home. The added worry of losing the family farm is too much and this draconian rule needs to be changed’.
‘I will be raising this issue with the Taoiseach and when the Dáil is reconvened I expect to see the necessary legislation being introduced’