Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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I have never come up in the same car and I have to fight my own battles at the doors. If the Government parties promised €65 million or it is promised to the grain growers, I will be watching and insisting that they honour the commitment that was given. The other part of it is, though, that I do not want it to be taken out of the budget that the sheep farmers or any other farming sector has. That is not the way to do it. The parties have promised it as extra money. I am upset because I heard a rumour today that sheep farmers may face cuts. I do not know where the parties are thinking of going with that money but that will hurt me very much, as much as it will hurt me that the witnesses do not get their money. They are well entitled to it, but when we hear that there is a different policy demanded or a different regime they have to follow in relation to fertilisers and all that and that the other ones from whom we are importing do not have to, that upsets me a lot.

I have a question about that. How much grain do we import from Ukraine, does anyone know?