Written answers

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Severe Weather Events Response

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide funding for flood relief for farmers who have been adversely affected by flood damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30405/17]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, recently announced the introduction of a once-off targeted Voluntary Homeowner Relocation Scheme. As part of the announcement the Minister outlined that further examination is ongoing by the OPW,  Local Authorities and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in evaluating, on an individual basis, if any alternative remedial works can be undertaken to protect those at risk farm buildings that flooded in order to inform the feasibility of any future once-off targeted scheme for Voluntary Farm Building Relocation. 

This is being progressed at present to determine the feasibility of any future scheme and prepare the potential criteria.  At this point it is not possible to set out the criteria for any possible scheme.

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