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

-----but it may be that in some areas there is a deficit and in others there is a surplus. We will monitor the situation. We do not envisage that the crisis is on the scale that the Deputy has spoken about. In individual cases where there may be welfare issues arising because of fodder, there is a contact point in the Department for this and the Department may step in to assist individual farmers. At an overall level, it is not currently at a magnitude that we believe merits the kind of scheme that the Deputy spoke of, but we will keep it under constant observation.

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