Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I meet representatives of the farming organisations ad infinitum. I was seriously considering building a flat for a number of them because I see them two or three times a week. Negotiations are ongoing. I instructed my Department and Teagasc to evaluate the current needs and to examine new earthen banks, wintering pads and so on. That work has been done and we have engaged in a great deal of consultation. There will be further consultation over the next number of months to address this issue, which is at the top of the agenda of all the farming organisations.

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