Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 404: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that of farmers who apply for grant aid under the farm waste management scheme, 60% are not in fact receiving the 60% grant where grants were previously claimed; and if he will arrange for his Department to inform farmers of this stipulation in the scheme before they proceed with the work. [45227/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The terms and conditions of the Farm Waste Management Scheme explicitly provide that—

(a) the grant shall be calculated on the basis of the eligible receipts presented by the farmer or my Department's Standard Costs, whichever is the lesser, and

(b) investments grant-aided under the preceding versions of the Scheme are taken into account in determining the level of eligible investment available to an applicant.