Government allocates €2m for fodder aid scheme after flooding

A SUM of €2 million is being allocated for a targeted fodder aid scheme, Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith announced yesterday after a cabinet meeting discussed the impact of the flooding on communities countrywide.

He said this sum is in addition to the €10m allocated by the Government for a wider humanitarian aid scheme.

Mr Smith said that the decision reflects an assessment undertaken by his department’s inspectorate, which indicated substantial flooding of farmland in the west, midlands and south west.