asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the amount paid in water supply grants and the number of recipients in each year from 1945 to the latest available date.
Written Answers. - Water Supply Grants.
20.
The information is as follows:—
|
Farm Dwellings |
Farmyards and Fields |
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|
Year |
Grantees |
Grants |
Grantees |
Grants |
|
£ |
£ |
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|
1950-51 |
112 |
4,560 |
— |
— |
|
1951-52 |
954 |
49,897 |
— |
— |
|
1952-53 |
809 |
46,225 |
— |
— |
|
1953-54 |
1,904 |
108,955 |
— |
— |
|
1954-55 |
1,747 |
101,928 |
— |
— |
|
1955-56 |
1,721 |
98,540 |
— |
— |
|
1956-57 |
1,963 |
117,998 |
35 |
1,895 |
|
1957-58 |
1,829 |
110,561 |
187 |
9,242 |
|
1958-59 |
1,977 |
117,965 |
500 |
27,606 |
|
(to 28-2-59) |
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|
TOTALS |
13,016 |
756,629 |
722 |
38,743 |
NOTE:
(i) Supplies to Farm Dwellings: This Scheme did not come into operation until the 1st April, 1950.
(ii) Supplies to Farmyards and Fields: The grantees are participants in the measures for the eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis.