Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 3 Dec 1996

Vol. 472 No. 3

Written Answers. - Grant Payments.

Brendan Smith

Question:

286 Mr. B. Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of applications received to date from County Cavan under the control of farmyard pollution scheme and the dairy hygiene scheme; the number of approvals issued; the number of applications approved for payment; and the number of payments issued. [23365/96]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry (Mr. Yates)

The information available in my Department is as follows:

Scheme	Applications to date	Approvals issued	Number of payments
Control of Farm Pollution	1.059	642	197
Dairy Hygiene	489	184	49

The level of payments made reflects the level of works satisfactorily completed to the Department's specification.