Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 415: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the installation aid scheme, which was suspended on 14 October 2008, will be reintroduced; if so, if eligible applicants who had 12 months to make their final submissions, will be enabled to utilise the remaining period of the time they would have from the start up date in farming in order to enable them to be eligible when the scheme recommences; if he will ensure that the appropriate derogation be put in place to accommodate those persons if the scheme comes back into being in the next 18 to 24 months and ensure that any unexpired is made available upon the reintroduction of the scheme in order that would-be applicants who would qualify at this stage will not be debarred at that point in time from participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36892/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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All valid applications made under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme and received by my Department up to and including 14 October 2008 will be processed and, if in order, payment will be made. The possibility of reintroducing the scheme can be considered in the context of the preparation of the Annual Estimates next year and beyond, at which time any changes to the terms of the scheme can also be considered.