Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It was part of the partnership agreement and, as I said, we shall be reviewing this and the priorities with all the farming organisations in 2008. I am reviewing all the applications on hand and those which have been sanctioned will be paid. We will then work towards payment of the rest when we see the different categories and know when people are going to invest etc. When all this has been done and an evaluation has taken place I may be able to reprioritise this scheme. The scheme has been massively expanded and covered a plethora of new ideas that presented. Until such time as I can evaluate what is on hand I cannot give commitments as to whether there will be any transfer of funds. However, it will be up for review in 2008 as per the partnership agreement.

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