Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2017
709. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of moneys allocated and expended under the pilot waste processing facilities scheme of the Rural Development Programme 2000-2006; the total number of participants; the specific criteria that were down for grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11736/17]
View answerThe Pilot Waste Processing Facilities Scheme came into operation in June 2006 and provided funding of €4m in order to grant aid the installation of anaerobic digestors on ten Irish farms. Two applicants have been paid a total of €800,000 under the Scheme.
The main criteria were laid down in the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme and included that grant aid would not be approved for investments that increase the level of production on a holding, the minimum amount of investment eligible of €60,000 per project and the facilities that would be considered eligible for grant aid - fluidised bed combustion systems for the processing of livestock manure/slurry/poultry litter/mushroom compost, treatment plants comprising of anaerobic digestion systems, and other systems for the processing of livestock manure which could be of significant environmental benefit and have the potential to act as a demonstration project.
