Éamon Ó Cuív
Question:40 Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the present position regarding farmers who have applied to be part of the rural environment protection scheme who, as part of this scheme, are obliged to carry out work under the control of farmyard pollution scheme which is now suspended and who cannot afford to carry out the pollution control measures without State grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.