Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 January 2008
877 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her Department will be paying grant aid to farmers whose applications under the farm improvement scheme were suspended in October 2007; when this payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2058/08]
View answerApplications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007 are being processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016. Payments under the Scheme have already commenced to those farmers who have satisfactorily completed work under the Scheme.
