Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding approval of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the farm retirement scheme. [26904/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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My Department received an application under the Early Retirement Scheme from the person named on 17th October 2008. It could not be accepted for processing as it was received after the Scheme had been suspended for new applications.

I am conscious that some potential applicants were at an advanced stage of preparing an application when entry to the scheme was suspended and had made, or were making arrangements to meet the requirements of the Scheme. I am examining options for addressing these cases against a background of competing demands for limited resources.