Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The war in Ukraine has led the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to put serious challenges to farmers across the country around food provision. However, the huge increases in fuel, as the Taoiseach knows, have had a devastating impact on farmers and fishermen. Fishermen all around the coast are telling us that they cannot go out to sea, given these costs. Yet, there is no intervention. We asked for statements on this issue, so that we could put the concerns we are hearing from farmers and fishermen across the country directly to the Minister, focus on this and hear what the Government’s plans are to assist the fishing and farming industries to meet the needs of our people in terms of food supply and food security.

Will the Taoiseach please make time this week for that to happen?

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