Dáil debates
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Farm Waste Management.
1:00 pm
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
During the summer I was told payments under the scheme would cease. At that time we had spent €150 million. The Department put in another €32 million, a further €195 million of a Supplementary Estimate, which was regarded as an exceptional item of expenditure, and a further €30 million before the end of the year. We brought the payments practically up to date by the end of the year, amounting to €414 million——
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