Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 574: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will extend the December 2008 deadline for completion of projects under the farm waste management scheme; when the standard costings were last revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28842/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The end-2008 deadline for completion of work by farmers under the revised Farm Waste Management Scheme introduced by my Department in March 2006 is a condition of the EU state aid approval for the Scheme. I have no plans to approach the EU Commission to alter the terms of the state aid approval.

The Standard Costings used to calculate grants under my Department's on-farm investment schemes were last revised with effect from January 2007. A review of these Costings then took place in late-2007 and the decision was taken to maintain these Costings at their current rates.