Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the speakers for coming in. In the early days of this Government - I do not even think we had a Government at the time - we were in the throes of a flood in 2020 and it was probably one of the first big issues we dealt with. We were dealing with Covid-19 at the time so all of our engagements then were virtual. It is unfortunate it has not been advanced much since.

With regard to what Mr. Silke said about the inadequacies of the scheme, although the scheme is in place, the briefing we have states there are 230 farmers affected in the Callows. Are there more than that or would that number be accurate?