Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On the issue of beef and tillage, the Deputy will be aware that one of the things we have done has been to bring forward the early payment of the single farm payment. Most farmers have received that at this stage. The balancing payments will issue shortly. On the grain side, we have a number of initiatives, including access to low-interest finance which was one of the asks from the grain forum I convened post-harvest. It wanted access to low-interest finance and we have established a loan fund of €150 million, which includes European funding of €11 million and Exchequer funding of €14 million. It is available to the livestock, tillage and horticulture sectors.

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