P J Sheehan (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 13 November 2007 the number of applications and the amount applied for in grants under the farm improvement grants scheme received by each of the offices and sub offices of her Department by 22 October 2007; if each of these applications have been examined; if each of these applications will be accepted; if not, the shortfall in funding needed to complete these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6869/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As indicated in my reply to the previous Parliamentary Question referred to, 12,675 applications were received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007. These applications are currently being processed up to the level of funding made available for the Scheme under the 2006 Partnership Agreement Towards 2016. It is not possible at this stage to indicate the financial commitment, in grant terms, represented by the valid applications included in these 12,675 applications or to determine the shortfall, if any, represented by these applications.