Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of money paid to each local authority last year by her Department; the number of vets employed by local authorities and paid for by her Department; the other payments that were made to local authorities last year on behalf of the Department. [29905/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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A schedule of the main payments made by my Department to local authorities in 2004 for the supply of water and refuse collection services is attached. A total of €1,870,479.99 was paid by my Department to local authorities in 2004 in respect of the operation of the Control of Horses Act, the school milk scheme and the neighbourhood scheme. There are no vets employed by local authorities who are paid for by my Department.