Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said in my reply, a task force chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, has been established to review all these issues. Teagasc, the IDA and all industry representatives are involved. If there has to be movement on this as set out by the Senator, it would have to come from that task force. I will ensure that the Senator's contribution to this debate will be sent to the task force and it might reply directly to him as to whether it would consider direct compensation. There may be cases where people have insurance. At the very least a full assessment of the damage needs to be concluded as speedily as possible and the satellite images might help in that regard. The task force should look at the issue and I will ensure that the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, is made aware of the Senator's comments.