Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that has been made available for the farm improvement scheme for 2008; the level of funding still available for 2008; if the amount of funding for the scheme has been decided for 2009; the amount of funding that has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32908/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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A sum of €15 million was made available in the 2008 Estimates for the Farm Improvement Scheme of which €6.518 million has been paid out to date. The allocation for the Scheme next year will be determined in the context of the 2009 Estimates process. A total allocation of €79 million was provided for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016, and the Scheme was suspended on 31 October 2007 as applications received had reached this level of funding.