Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has made the application for the extension of the deadline for the control of farm waste scheme from 31 December 2008; when this application to extend was made; and if submitted, the response to same. [32434/08]

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.