Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which she proposes to improve, increase or enhance incentives to cater for farm yard waste thereby reducing the threat of pollution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9355/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme, it is proposed to continue grant-aid for—

(a) the provision of on-farm slurry storage and related facilities, including slurry spreading equipment;

(b) the construction of on-farm waste processing systems, including anaerobic digestion systems.

The Schemes concerned will be introduced as soon as EU approval is received for the Programme.