Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 March 2010
191 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme four will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13272/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraDue to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
192 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 1 December 2009, the position regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13273/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Parliamentary Question referred to by the Deputy concerns the payment of the second instalment of 40 per cent due to farmers under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. Total expenditure under the Scheme in 2009 was €292.76 million which included expenditure of €49 million in respect of the second instalment of grant-aid to 3,683 farmers. Expenditure under the Scheme, to date in 2010, has been €194.3 million comprised mainly of further payments of the second instalment of grant-aid due to farmers under the Scheme. The final instalment of grant-aid will be paid to farmers in 2011.
In a small number of cases (estimated at substantially less than 1 per cent), no grant payment has yet been approved for applicants under the Scheme (i) as applicants have not yet submitted the necessary tax clearance documentation or have not provided the required documentary proof of payment of the contractors concerned, or (ii) due to technical issues having arisen in relation to the standard of the completed buildings.
193 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13280/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraDue to industrial action by staff in my Department, I am not in a position to provide a reply to this question.
