Michael Healy-Rae
Ceist:648 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make available a farm retirement package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34510/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 17 July 2012
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Freagraí scríofa
Following the suspension of the Early Retirement Scheme on 14 October, 2008, due to budgetary constraints, it became apparent that there was a number of farmers who had their preparations to apply for the Scheme completed or close to completion at that point. The Scheme was re-opened temporarily on 23 September 2009 with limited additional funding with a view to accepting as many as possible of the applications that fell into this category. I have no plans to re-open this Scheme or introduce another Scheme at this time.