Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will recall the announcement made in last year's budget in regard to a Brexit loan scheme to help farmers, small and medium enterprises and those in the agrifood sector prepare for the threat of a hard or soft Brexit. I ask the Minister to update the House on progress on that loan scheme and to clarify whether the size of the fund has been established and the percentage of it that will go to farmers. It will be long past the announcement of the next budget before anyone has the opportunity to draw down a loan from a fund which is supposed to help prepare for Brexit, which must take place by March of next year.

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