Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. It is something we have been monitoring closely. It has had a significant, very localised impact. Unlike the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Social Protection, we have no shelf-ready scheme in instances where there might be particular damage to farms, which tend to be more robust and obviously not as impacted as towns and villages by events like those we saw earlier this year in some parts of the country. In this instance, I recognise the damage that was done. I am working with Teagasc and with my own officials to get a full assessment of that. I have spoken to the Deputy on this. I am speaking on an ongoing basis with Senator McGreehan. We will be stepping it out in assessing the full report and identifying the next steps in that regard.

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