
A bill before cabinet will also provide for a compensation scheme for an active mink fur farms in Laois.
Cabinet is expected to approve a bill banning fur farming in Ireland this morning.
The bill will also provide for a compensation scheme for the three active mink fur farms in Laois, Donegal and Kerry.
A €4 million to €8 million package will be provided next year - and the ban won't kick in until early in 2022.
Independent Roscommon-Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice is a member of the Oireachtas agriculture committee - he says the ban is needed: