Edition Bobbett2. Speeches and statements by Elizabeth F. Bobbett
1965 Wicklow, Meeting of the County Council
Source: County Council Minutes, 1965, p. 965, 22.02.1965
Elizabeth F. Bobbett addressed the Members and thanked the Council for receiving the Deputation. She stated that the Deputation wished to bring some points to the notice of the members of the Council in regard to the situation of the farming community and pointed out that any increase in Rates farmers might have to reduce the use of fertilizers with resulting reduction in employment in the factories producing fertilizers and also would have to reduce their production of certain crops. In regard to the effect of Rates on farmers she stated that in the case of her own farm the Rates in 1952/53 amounted to £28 odd, but in 1962/63 the Rates had increased to £56, and in 1964/65, when the Supplementary Grant became available, Rates had further increased nevertheless to £58.