Written answers

Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Department of Agriculture and Food

Departmental Schemes

9:00 pm

Photo of Eamon GilmoreEamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost of financial penalties for farmers under the various schemes operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11990/09]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The following table set out details of the schemes operated by Department under which financial penalties are imposed together with the details of penalties imposed for failure to comply with the criteria of that scheme.

Name of Scheme/ProgrammeCost of penalty
Installation Aid Scheme124,085
Farm Waste Management Scheme100,230
Farm Improvement Scheme14,930
Scheme of Early Retirement from Farming114,193*
Rural Environmental Protection Scheme3,059,706
*Figure for 2007 — all other figures 2008.

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