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Dáil Éireann - Volume 651 - 08 April, 2008

Written Answers. - Farm Improvement Scheme.

Deputy Paul Kehoe Deputy Paul Kehoe

Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 13 November 2007, the number of applications and the amount applied for in grants under the farm improvement grants scheme received by each of the offices and sub offices of her Department by 22 October 2007; if applications received by the end of October 2007 will be included for consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13085/08]

Deputy Mary Coughlan Deputy Mary Coughlan

Deputy Mary Coughlan: 12,675 applications were received by my Department under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007. A county-by-county breakdown of these applications is as follows:—

County	Number of Applications
Carlow	176
Cavan	675
Clare	510
Cork	1,863
Donegal	931
Dublin	29
Galway	850
Kerry	875
Kildare	133
Kilkenny	519
Laois	336
Leitrim	375
Limerick	368
Longford	218
Louth	209
Mayo	740
Meath	272
Monaghan	362
Offaly	282
Roscommon	484
367 [367] Sligo	255
Tipperary	895
Waterford	487
Westmeath	274
Wexford	295
Wicklow	262
Total	12,675

These applications are currently being processed within my Department up to the level of funding made available for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016. The detailed information is assessed at the approval rather than the application stage under this Scheme.

Dáil Éireann 651 Written Answers. Farm Improvement Scheme.

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