Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with farm retirement pensions; the number of applications on hand or pending; the number approved in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17623/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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A total of 2,641 applications have been received under the current early retirement scheme since its introduction in November 2000. Of those, 64 are currently being processed. In the period from 1 May 2004 to 20 May 2005, a total of 327 applications were approved and nine rejected.