Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I want go back to my earlier contribution and the better ways of directly supporting communities that would be badly hit, such as the farming community, in the likely event of a Brexit downturn. Does the Minister think that, rather than giving cash straight to companies, the Government should look at schemes that directly support farmers? In doing so, that would steer us in the right direction, because it would be not just a stopgap, cash bung to prop things up but a creative, inventive approach. I would argue that farmers in rural Ireland are those most likely to be adversely affected. Will the Minister take that into account in the coming months as he plans for this?

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