Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the same matter, is it possible for the Government to put in place a proper strategic plan to assist the farming communities and rural dwellers? As the two previous speakers stated, many people in rural areas have been absolutely decimated. There does not seem to be any cohesion or strategic planning to work with county councils, NGOs and the voluntary sector regarding simple things such as salting bins and contracting local farmers with heavy machinery to assist in particular areas. Surely we can come up with a better plan than this. Surely we can assist everybody in the country. There is a big place in Ireland and it is not called Dublin. There is another part of Ireland also.

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