EU Solidarity Fund vital before arrival of winter
The EUSF was created after the floods which affected central Europe during the summer of 2002. It grants financial aid of up to €1bn a year to EU member states and accession countries affected by major natural disasters.
ICMSA president, John Comer, wants the Government — specifically, Minister Coveney — to make an application on the grounds that weather over the past 12 months and the consequent fodder crisis constitutes an extraordinary event of the category that the EUSF was specifically set up to address.
