Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A farmer whose land was separated from another farmer's land got an expression of interest form, his land having been identified by the AMS, and got compensation. The farmer whose land was separated from that first farmer's land by a drain did not. That tells me there is an issue with the monitoring system. I again ask the Minister to look at that because it is not fair to farmers to have to rely on a system that clearly has not worked. The Minister could visit the area given the concerns that have been put to him by the Save Our Shannon Organisation.

The scheme was first announced as the "Shannon Callows Flood Scheme", which is still the wording used on the Government website. It then very quickly became the Shannon Callows SAC flood scheme. Who determined that a change was to be made and that compensation was only to be paid to people within the SAC? Whether land that is flooded is within the SAC or just outside of it, it is still flooded by the Shannon. The impact is no different. One set of farmers will get the compensation while another will not because of the SAC condition. That is deeply unfair and should be looked at.

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