Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 November 2014
70. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a compensation scheme available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who lost cattle due to electrocution. [44437/14]
View answerThe situation in which this farmer finds himself is extremely unfortunate. However, there is no specific compensation scheme in place for farmers who suffer casualties in their herd due to electric storms or other unforeseen events. It is not possible, regrettably, to introduce a compensation scheme to cover all unforeseen events. I would, therefore, urge all farmers to familiarise themselves with insurance to cover all risk management issues such as electrical storms, injury, theft, other weather related disasters and animal diseases and to ensure that they are adequately covered.
