Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Let me finish this point. The question that the Deputy is asking is important because the answer is important. I want the message to go out clearly to people that, if they have had ash dieback and they are not happy with what has happened, I want them to at least contact us to see whether they are in the category of being entitled to more money. The committee does an awful lot of important work, but I want the message to leave this meeting today that there is a fund of money available and many people have not applied for it. If one takes the amount of hectares of trees that were knocked, destroyed or damaged with ash dieback, the number of people who have actually claimed is far short of the amount of ground involved.