Walsh under pressure to give farmers weather compo
However, a spokesman for the minister, who has already announced a number of measures to help farmers in difficulty, reiterated that there is no specific financial package available to deal with the weather conditions.
Fine Gael agriculture spokesman Deputy Billy Timmins, who called on Mr Walsh to bring a targeted plan to Government to assist the agriculture industry “which is facing into its worse crisis in years”, said there is an unprecedented despondency among farming communities following the severe weather and the uncertainty over the Common Agriculture Policy.
