Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)

Almost 7,000 are left, along with the others mentioned by Deputy Creed. In many rural areas, the only trucks moving now are going on to farms with blocks, cement and everything else. Given the importance of this scheme not only to environmental enhancement and farm management structures, but to the construction industry and work in general in rural areas in particular, will the Minister of State go to Europe on this? We are not going cap in hand but on a very fundamental basis underlining the importance of this scheme to environmental issues, as well as health and safety issues.

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