Rural Life
Co. Cork TD, Michael Collins, has claimed in the Dáil that "planners, are blocking people from getting farm sheds".
Agri Politics
Minister Michael Healy-Rae is the TD with the most extensive property portfolio, according to the Dáil's Register of Members' Interests.
The leader of Independent Ireland, Michael Collins has confirmed the formation of a new independent technical group for the 34th Dáil.
A total of 23 TDs and Senators own farmland and over 10 have declared themselves full or part-time farmers