Noel Dempsey
Ceist:827 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the amounts paid in the first half of 1996 in fines to the EU for beef irregularities. [14981/96]
Written Answers. - EU Beef Fines.
An amount of £68.76 million relating to disallowances of beef public storage was declared in Ireland's statement of EAGGF Guarantee expenditure for May 1996, and EU recoupment received on 4 July 1996, was correspondingly reduced by this amount.