Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I offer my congratulations to the Minister of State on the retention of his position. It is well merited. I wish to talk to him today about potato blight. Agricultural crops, including potatoes, provide a very strong livelihood for so many in south Kildare, and there are many potato farmers in addition to the thousands of home producers. The margins can be very tight, as we have witnessed with the impact of Brexit on the mushroom sector recently in Kildare and indeed throughout the country. My specific question to the Minister of State is whether there is an environmental restriction on the use of copper sulphate for the treatment of potato blight, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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