Agriculture Supports
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-02
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Aindrias Moynihan (FF), Cork North-West

Has the Minister considered using the mart and the farm walks as a platform for reaching out to farmers and delivering services or access there? He almost referred to it earlier when he spoke about people working very much on their own for days, maybe even for several weeks, when the silage campaign is on or during lambing. People can be very much isolated when they are farming, yet we see people will gather together at the mart. After the pandemic, it was very evident because even though the online option was available, people still gathered in to the mart. The Alzheimer Society or maybe the Garda often use the mart as a platform for meeting with farmers. Similarly, people are gathering together on the farm walks and they are obvious platforms that would be available. Has the Minister considered using those platforms to deliver support?

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Sitting date: 2025-04-02