Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister is aware, we have had extremely bad weather since the middle of August and all through September. We have a huge problem in many parts of the country. In the north west, where we have very high levels of rainfall every year anyway, a particular crisis is developing at the moment and many farmers, certainly those in my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim as well as those in counties Donegal, Cavan and all that area, find that they cannot get their second cut of silage. As they cannot get the second cut of silage they cannot get their slurry out, which is another issue that I know has been brought to the Minister's attention and needs to be dealt with as well. This issue concerns fodder. There is the potential of a fodder crisis. As this is an ongoing thing every year, can a proper scheme be put in place to ensure it is dealt with?

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