Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person who submitted an application under the farm improvement scheme on 24 October 2007 was told they had passed the deadline, when the national papers had advertised that the deadline was 31 October 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20109/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Applications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007 are being processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016. An application submitted on 24 October 2007 will be processed subject to funding still being available at that time.