Vol. 482 No. 8
50 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when he intends to reopen the dairy hygiene grant aid scheme; and the funds, if any, he has secured to meet the £20 million recommended by the inter-Departmental review group earlier in 1997. [19425/97]
As part of the mid-term review process, the monitoring committee for the operational programme for agriculture, rural development and forestry sought additional funding of £50 million for the control of farm pollution scheme and £20 million for the dairy hygiene scheme.
In the event, reallocations of £28.5 million were made available with £20 million secured for the control of farm pollution scheme and £8.5 million for dairy hygiene.
