Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy Creed, is looking at the issue but he has not come back to Government with recommendations on it yet. It is a complex issue because some people had physical damage to polytunnels and others damage to crops, and it is difficult to put together a package that does not set an inappropriate precedent for loss of crops.

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