asked the Minister for Agriculture (a) the number of applicants under the farm modernisation scheme in County Donegal as at June 1977; (b) the number accepted as development farmers up to the end of June, 1977; and (c) the total amount of money paid out to farmers in County Donegal by his Department under the farm modernisation scheme to the end of June, 1977.
Written Answers. - Farm Modernisation Scheme.
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By 30th June, 1977, 3,078 applications for participation in the farm modernisation scheme had been received in County Donegal; 128 of these were classified as development farmers. In the same period the total amount paid in grants under the scheme to farmers in County Donegal was £641,641.