asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the number of schemes for the protection of endangered habitats that have been approved for aid under the EC scheme for the protection of biotopes.
Written Answers. - Protection of Habitat.
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Five applications for financial assistance under the relevant part of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1872/84 have been submitted via my Department to the EC. These are among the first group of such applications which is due to be considered by the Commission later this month.