Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I would like clarification on No. 12 before agreeing to proposal No. 5 on the Order Paper, which refers specifically that leave be given by the Dáil to introduce Supplementary Estimates relating to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. I would like confirmation that this is in the context of the recent crisis in the pork and bacon industry.

Will the Taoiseach clarify, in the absence of the Minister, the Government's disposition towards the applications for compensation from farmers north of the Border who used the feedstuffs supplied by the producer on this side of the Border? Will the Taoiseach also comment on the Minister's remarks on Monday that it was the Government's intention only to compensate what he described as "Irish producers"? It is my understanding that the applicant farmers north of the Border are exactly that, Irish producers. They have used feed supplied and produced on this side of the Border.

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