Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Department of Agriculture and Food
Horticulture Industry
9:00 pm
Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the mushroom growers who have received investment aid under the scheme of investment aid for the development of commercial horticulture since the scheme started here. [27079/07]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the National Development Plan 2000-2006, my Department operated a grant aid scheme for the development of the commercial horticulture including the mushroom sector. Over the period 2000-2006 a total of €5.011m was paid to 190 mushroom growers. The following schedule shows the breakdown per year to mushroom growers for the period of National Development Plan 2000-2006.
Year | No. of growers | Amount of grant paid |
€m | ||
2001/2002 | 66 | 0.834 |
2003 | 43 | 0.567 |
2004 | 30 | 1.137 |
2005 | 31 | 1.433 |
2006 | 20 | 1.040 |
Totals | 190 | 5.011 |
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