Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008
1568 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will announce allocations under the capital investment scheme for the marketing and processing of agricultural products; the number of applications submitted; the value of such applications; the funding available in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29955/08]
View answerA total of 104 eligible applications involving possible investment of €91 million were submitted under my Department's Capital Investment Scheme for the marketing and processing of agricultural products.
All eligible applications are going through a competitive evaluation process in which the strengths of the various proposals are being assessed and ranked in line with the objectives of the Scheme. It is expected that this process will be completed in the near future and applicants will be informed of the outcome. The Scheme will have no budgetary impact in 2008.
