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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 10 Feb 1993

Vol. 425 No. 7

Written Answers. - Crop Loss.

Nora Owen

Question:

347 Mrs. Owen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will make financial assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has suffered a major loss of his crop over the Christmas period.

I am aware that some glasshouse crop producers have been adversely affected by damage caused to lettuce crops by frost over the Christmas period. However there are no funds available to my Department out of which assistance can be provided in such circumstances.

Grants are available, at a rate of 35 per cent, under the Farm Improvement Programme for the provision of heating, including frost protection, in glasshouses. I understand that a number of growers have availed of this support.

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