Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will. It is having a huge knock-on effect. It is 25 April. The Minister knows that in his county, silage has not been cut. It will not be cut for at least another three weeks and will have a significant effect. This is not going to go away but will continue into next winter and be very serious. The disadvantaged area payments have to be released and the Department of Finance must become involved because this is a major crisis and bigger than we think. We must get the Department of Finance and the Taoiseach to understand how serious it is and deal with it because the rest of the economy is depending on farming.