Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
1176. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 21 November 2023, if there are plans to expand the scheme to include sectors such as farming and so on due to the lack of any other funding supports in such weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56455/23]
View answerChallenging weather conditions last year impacted farmers right across the country. In many cases farmers were not able to harvest crops and repairs are required to farm roadways and other infrastructure following the heavy rain.
The Emergency Flood Relief Scheme is operated by the Irish Red Cross on behalf of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. As far as I am aware there are no plans to expand that scheme to cover other sectors such as farming.
