Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions to date he has had with the EU agricultural Commissioner in order to seek an extension of the farm waste management scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38603/08]

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 respect this deadline strictly.