Robert Troy
Question:255. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a relocation fund for farmers who have been severely affected by flooding in recent years. [7785/17]
View answerThursday, 16 February 2017
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Details of a one-off targeted and prioritised scheme to provide relocation assistance to assist those properties worst affected by the floods of 2015/2016 and for which there are no alternative solutions will be brought to Government shortly by the Minister for State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works and flood relief. Legal advice has been received from the office of the Attorney General and Minister Canney is due to bring recommended administrative arrangements to Government in the coming weeks.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will use the recommended administrative arrangements for the Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme to identify those farmyard buildings to be evaluated on an individual basis to determine if any alternative remedial works can be undertaken to protect those at risk farm buildings so as to inform the feasibility of any future once-off targeted scheme for Voluntary Farm Building Relocation.