Written answers
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Department of Agriculture and Food
Animal Welfare
5:00 pm
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grant aid available to the pig sector to comply with new pig welfare regulations; and if she is satisfied that grant aid will be available to all those in the industry to meet their requirements under these regulations. [29120/07]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Grant-aid is available to the pig sector for the improvement of animal welfare standards in sow housing under the Sow Housing (Animal Welfare) Scheme which was introduced by my Department in July 2007. An allocation of â¬6 million has been made available for the Scheme under the current Rural Development Programme and 35 applications have to date been received by my Department. The Scheme will be suspended when the funding allocated to this measure has been committed.
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