Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to parliamentary Question No. 331 of 13 November 2007, if he is in a position to state the number of applications and the amount applied for in grants under the farm improvement grants scheme received by each of the offices and sub-offices of his Department by 22 October 2007; if applications received by the end of October 2008 will be included for consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43889/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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A breakdown on a county-by-county basis of the 12,675 applications received under the Farm Improvement Scheme prior to its suspension on 31 October 2007 was set out in the reply to the Parliamentary Question referred to by the Deputy.

As a sum of €79 million was made available for the scheme by the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016, these applications are currently being processed up to that level of funding.