Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 May 2005
361 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the timescale for the implementation and the designation of the remaining 16% of County Monaghan as severely handicapped; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18263/05]
View answerThe position is that the case made by Ireland to the European Commission last November for reclassifying all the less severely handicapped townlands of County Monaghan to more severely handicapped status has been cleared through the approval process in Brussels. This means that under the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2005 and onwards, all forage land designated as lowland in County Monaghan will be paid at the rate of €88.88 per hectare up to an overall limit of 45 hectares per holding.
