Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 132: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Údarás na Gaeltachta will be instructed to introduce a subsidy to provide assistance to facilitate veterinary visits to farmers in remote areas of the Gaeltacht in County Mayo, similar to payments awarded to vets in County Galway in view of the current lack of private veterinary cover in the north Mayo area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28461/05]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As an independent statutory agency, disbursal of Exchequer funding provided to Údarás na Gaeltachta on operational matters is a matter for the organisation, subject to its own legislative framework, policy priorities of Government and relevant State and European guidelines and directives. The Deputy will appreciate therefore that it would be inappropriate for me to instruct Údarás in this case in the manner suggested by him. However, my officials have sought clarification from Údarás na Gaeltachta on the basis and operation of the scheme. A reply is awaited.