South Tipperary nursery storm damage
Deputy McGrath used the promised legislation session to seek a ministerial visit to storm-damaged nurseries in south Tipperary. The Chair objected that it was not legislation, but the Taoiseach said Ministers Creed and Doyle would examine the issue.
In the programme for Government specific reference is made to the agricultural sector and horticulture. We were all talking about the storm last week and I thank everyone involved in the cleanup and the advice given. In south Tipperary several nurseries were completely wiped out. We have been in touch with the Minister of State, Deputy Andrew Doyle, begging him to come down to visit south Tipperary to see at first hand the damage done to those nurseries. There is a limited number of them and they are very vulnerable, as the Taoiseach knows, when a storm-----
Comment on this
Yes. The programme for Government commits to support the agriculture and horticulture industry. Will the Taoiseach instruct the Minister of State with responsibility for agriculture and horticulture to visit south Tipperary now and see for himself the devastation at first hand? It is eight or nine days on now, the cleanup is under way and the Minister of State must see the devastation. We saw the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran, and the Minister, Deputy Ross, in Donegal hours after the flooding, and rightly so. The Taoiseach must come down to Tipperary and show empathy at least, even if he is not interested in the horticulture industry.
