Michael Healy-Rae
Question:205 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that the cable car providing a link to the Dursey Island in west Cork no longer takes animal livestock in the interest of health and safety and the ferry service is not a reliable and practical option, farmers are now in the situation of not being able to ferry their animals over and back at a time that they wish, his plans to provide financial assistance to alleviate this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34179/12]
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