asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will make available to pig producers grants to enable them to lay on water to their piggeries.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Water Supplies for Piggeries.
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I hope to be able to make an announcement at an early date regarding the applicability of grants under the water supplies scheme to all agricultural purposes, including pig production.
Does the water supply scheme under the Department of Agriculture not already apply to the extension of water supplies to the farmyard?
To the farmyard, but not to different buildings in the farmyard.
The scheme is interpreted to provide only one tap?
Yes, it is limited.
That is a very conservative interpretation of the scheme.
That is the scheme as it exists and I say I propose to make an announcement shortly covering all these matters.