Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 541: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has made a submission to the European Commission for an extension beyond 31 December 2008 for the farm waste management scheme. [32083/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The deadline of 31 December 2008 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. The European Commission has since reaffirmed that it expects Ireland to strictly respect this deadline.