Dáil Éireann - Volume 665 - 30 October, 2008

Written Answers. - Farm Waste Management.

Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to meet with the EU Agriculture Commissioner before the end of December 2008 to seek an extension to the farm waste management scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37406/08]

  Deputy Brendan Smith: I have no plans to meet with the EU Agriculture Commissioner before the end of this year to seek an alteration to the terms of the EU state aid approval for the revised Farm Waste Management Scheme introduced by my Department in March 2006.