asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state in respect of County Wicklow (a) the number of applications received to date under the farm modernisation scheme (b) the number accepted (c) the number rejected and (d) the number under consideration.
Written Answers. - Farm Modernisation Scheme.
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On 28th February, 1977, 897 persons in County Wicklow had applied to participate in the farm modernisation scheme. The number of these applicants accepted as eligible for the scheme was 842 and 21 had been deemed ineligible. A further 34 applications were still under investigation on that date.