P. J. Sheehan
Ceist:69 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when he intends to reintroduce the control of farmyard pollution grant scheme. [16645/97]
Written Answers - Control of Farm Pollution Scheme.
The position following the mid-term review of the Structural Funds is that an extra £20 million in total public funds has been allocated to the scheme for the control of farm pollution. This will bring the indicative allocation for that scheme to around £117 million. The extra £20 million will go a long way towards meeting existing commitments under the scheme.
I am still considering the matter and will also closely monitor the progress of other large scale projects in the CSF as a whole in early 1998 to see if savings are likely to be identified in any areas which could be diverted to the scheme for the control of farm pollution.