Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When it comes to the LIS, there are a lot of hungry mouths and unfortunately I have a limited pot of money available. The need for more money is regularly raised with me in this House. We have invested €100 million since 2017 and it has made a big impact. My Department is continuing to engage with my colleague, the Minister for Transport, regarding his Department contributing to a jointly-funded LIS so that we can further address the very high demand under the local improvement scheme, but I understand the difficulties people encounter whenever there is severe flooding like there was in Midleton and of course out there on the Cooley Peninsula where I was as well.

Regarding the farmers, that is something that has been raised and it relates to the Department of Agriculture. My Department has the humanitarian aid scheme from the Department of Social Protection that helps the household owners and then there is the business scheme from the Department of business. Again, I know some farmers were left in a difficult position.

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