Written answers
Tuesday, 27 June 2006
Department of Agriculture and Food
Fruit and Vegetable Sector
11:00 pm
John Carty (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 121: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the assistance available to the seed potato sector; and her plans for the sector. [24472/06]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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In August 2005 I announced a new scheme of investment aid for the development of the seed potato sector under the National Development Plan. The scheme aims to speed up improvements in the marketing infrastructure and to improve efficiency and productivity of the seed potato sector. Grant assistance to seed potato producers towards the capital costs of equipment and facilities for the production, storage and marketing of seed potatoes is being provided.
The second phase of this scheme was announced recently under which â¬1.5m is available in 2006. To date 16 applications have been received and these are currently being processed by my Department.
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