Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have asked my Department to look at having the capacity to respond in a prompt manner when intervention is needed. It has been a long time since this happened before. The Inishowen floods in my own area in 2017 was the last time there was a need for an intervention such as this. I recognise that this is not on the same scale but on a localised basis it has been quite acute for the affected farmers. It was brought to my attention by Senator Erin McGreehan as well as by the Deputy. I am now glad to progress this work and to get to the stage where we are engaging with farmers on being able to open applications. I will be also reviewing this issue long-term to ensure we have a system in place to be able to respond and be ready to go in situations where farmers need intervention.

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