Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There has been much discussion in recent times around price inflation. For well over a year now, farmers have been speaking about the challenges they have been facing with regard to rising input costs. Fertiliser costs in particular are having a devastating impact. There are challenges across the board in that feed and energy prices are rising drastically and almost all input prices have negated any stabilisation or increases in the prices farmers receive. I would like the Minister to outline this morning what the Government is going to do in response.

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