asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food, in view of the fact that there is no drainage scheme under any of the farm development schemes at present, if he will introduce a drainage scheme equivalent to the field drainage scheme for the renewal of existing field drainage which exists in the North of Ireland and which is EC funded.
Written Answers. - Drainage Scheme Proposal.
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Grant aid for a certain amount of ancillary drainage is available where this forms an integral but minor part of limited land reclamation work under either the farm improvement scheme or the Western Package. There are no proposals at present to introduce any further scheme of grants for field drainage work.