Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 433: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will introduce a new grant aid scheme for farmers for bored wells to enable farmers to provide non-domestic water supplies for livestock and other uses such as washing yards; if such a grant aid scheme is introduced will it be paid irrespective of existing group water schemes or local authority supplies; if grant aid will be made available to farmers to encourage the collection and usage of rain water from roofs in an effort to conserve expensive treated water for domestic purposes. [8305/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, I have provided that grant-aid will be available under the new Farm Investment Scheme for the installation of water retention equipment on farms. Grant-aid will also be available for the installation of guttering on existing buildings. This Scheme will be introduced as soon as EU approval is received for the Programme. I have no plans, however, to introduce grant-aid for the boring of wells by farmers on their lands.