Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and the feed is being distributed. Teagasc instructors are giving nutritional and feed advice to farmers as they need it. Nobody wants to see farm stock left without fodder in these cases.

It is a crisis for any farmer when they run out of fodder or feed. That is the reason the Minister has been meeting with banks, co-operatives, lenders, Teagasc and the feed providers themselves to ensure there is flexibility, co-operation, extension of credit, and sale at cost price to allow farmers get over the coming three or four weeks, which will be very difficult for some people. I share that concern. I accept it is a crisis for anybody who is running out of fodder.

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