Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

I will not mention them. I appreciate that this matter may not have come across the Minister's desk so far. This is why I am raising it with him today. This crisis in the North could be as big as the cash for ash scandal. Some 4,000 farmers were told that they built correctly and £121 million of grant funding was given. A total of £212 million was spent on these tanks. If they are leaking they will have to be fixed, which will cost hundreds of millions of euro. There were be pollution damage which will cost millions of euro to ameliorate. Farmers may have to reduce their stock while the tanks are fixed and so on. This is an all-Ireland issue. Watercourses do not stop at the Border. I ask the Minister to use his good offices. Gemma Brolly, an Aontú representative for East Derry, has already questioned the Minister, Mr. Edwin Poots MLA, on this and he has not answered the questions. Given how serious this is, will the Minister hold conversations with the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in the North?

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