Coveney urged to be proactive on Russia food ban

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has been urged to do more to deal with the impact of the Russian food ban at home, rather than depend on the EU to sort things out.

Fianna Fáil’s horticultural spokesperson Seamus Kirk insisted that the Government was not doing enough to deal with the situation.

While EU ambassadors met to discuss the situation yesterday, the Agriculture Department could not say when Ministers of Mr Coveney’s rank would convene to discuss the sanctions.