Grain crisis fund would be ‘easy to police‘

Southern grain growers suggest grain crops salvaged after September 12 should be included in a crisis fund.

After the government was defeated last week in an 87 to 49 vote on a Fianna Fail-proposed €4.5m crisis fund for an estimated 300 farmers who lost up to 50% of their crops due to bad harvest weather, Co Cork grower Jim O’Regan said a crisis fund can be easily policed.

In last week’s Dail debate, Agriculture Minister Michael Creed warned of the complexities of how to compensate farmers.