John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cut-off date that payments will be made in respect of the farm development grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17205/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I presume the Deputy is referring to the end-2008 deadline for completion of work by farmers under the revised Farm Waste Management Scheme introduced by my Department in March 2006. This is a strict condition of the EU state aid approval for the Scheme and I have no plans to approach the EU Commission to alter the terms of the state aid approval. All claims for payment must therefore be submitted to my Department before the 31 December 2008 deadline.