Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)

I seek the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of extreme importance, namely, health and safety issues regarding farmers who are desperately trying to complete slatted house units in order to comply with the deadline of 31 December under the farm waste management scheme. Two people have already been seriously injured while erecting slatted houses on farms in County Clare in the past two weeks. The deadline is unreasonable and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food must put forward a case at this late stage to extend the deadline due to the continuing inclement weather conditions before lives are lost.

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