Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 694: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will agree to a meeting with an association (details supplied) to discuss their concerns over frost damage from winter 2009. [12554/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Following a preliminary assessment of the crop losses caused by the severe weather conditions in January, I announced, last month, the introduction of a limited scheme of financial assistance to certain potato and field vegetable growers who have suffered significant losses of produce due to frost damage.

It is not proposed to extend the scope of the scheme to include the nursery industry.