John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 217: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the details of the new early farm retirement scheme that she preliminarily announced on 19 October 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36011/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Subject to the approval of the European Commission, the new Rural Development Programme will include provision for a Scheme of Early Retirement from Farming with a yearly maximum payment rate of €15,000. Further details of the proposed Scheme will be included in the text of the draft Programme which my Department will publish shortly for consultation.