Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 October 2004
36 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons who are in REP scheme 2; the number of applications which have been made for REP scheme 3 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24445/04]
View answer46 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of persons who have applied for REP scheme 3 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24457/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 36 and 46 together.
At present there are 37,883 farmers in REPS 2. Of these, 3,457 have taken up the option of transforming their undertakings to REPS 3 on their anniversary dates and those cases are currently being processed. My Department has also received 2,901 applications for REPS 3 from farmers who were not already in REPS.
