Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 10 Jul 1990

Vol. 401 No. 4

Written Answers. - Pollution Control Grants.

Eamon Gilmore

Ceist:

113 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total number of applications to date from farmers for grants for pollution control works; the number which have been approved; the total amount of the approved grants; the number of grants which have been paid; the total amount paid to date; and the distribution of applications approvals and payments between disadvantaged and other areas.

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. O'Kennedy)

The following is the position as at 30 May 1990 in relation to applications for grants under the special schemes for the control of farmyard pollution.

No. of Applications	No. Approved	Amount of Grants Approved	No. of Grants paid	Amount of Grants paid
		£m.		£m.
24,050	15,037	62.6	5,400	23.5

The amount paid to date refers to the cases where the works have been completed to the satisfaction of the Department.

Statistics are kept on a county basis. As the disadvantaged areas include parts of counties it would put undue pressure on limited staff resources to provide the geographical breakdown requested by the Deputy.