Tom Sheahan (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when she will honour her commitment to the suckling farmers here to introduce a new suckler cow grant. [21523/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The proposals for an Animal Welfare, Recording and Breeding Scheme for Suckler Herds were originally submitted to the European Commission in December 2006 as part of the Draft Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP). Following consultations with the Commission services on the details of this scheme, certain modifications were made and a revised application for state aid approval was submitted to them on 15 August 2007. This is currently under consideration by the Commission. My Department is in regular contact with the Commission with a view to obtaining approval as rapidly as possible.