Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

I welcome the Minister of State's reply, which is practical. At the time I tabled this question, almost 40 people had been reported dead. Food provision is important, given that only one fifth of the rice farms survived. There is not only an emergency in the context of the immediate homelessness caused by the flooding, but also in regard to food security in the short term.

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