Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, absolutely. Fianna Fáil is calling for a roll-out of a hardship fund to assist farmers in buying feed and fodder and to help them cover mounting overheads. We would like to see a low-cost loan system in place for them. Like three quarters of the farmers in Ireland surveyed recently, we would like to see the €200 payment in the upcoming budget. We cannot let the farmers down again as we have done time and again. I am calling on the Taoiseach to look after the farmers in the budget. Since we have come back here there have been many protests on housing, children with disabilities and people crying for everything. We need to take to the streets because this Government is not delivering.