asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will give detailed particulars of the farming aids that apply in the Slieve Felim area of South Tipperary, consequent on its designation as a disadvantaged area.
Written Answers. - South Tipperary Farming Aids.
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The particulars requested are as follows: (a) Cattle headage payments; (b) Sheep headage payments; (c) thirty per cent grants to farm groups for purchase of machinery for fodder production; (d) A reduction in the milk co-responsibility levy.
In addition development farmers participating in the farm modernisation scheme in this area are eligible for: (a) an additional 5 per cent for land improvement; (b) an additional 10 per cent grant for farm structures and; (c) grants of up to 40 per cent of the cost for approved imvestments on the farm in tourist or craft projects.