Written answers
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding of €195 million for areas of natural constraint formerly disadvantaged area scheme to support farming in marginal areas will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35931/14]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Pending the approval by the EU Commission of the 2014/2020 Rural Development Programme, I can confirm that funding for the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme has been maintained at €195 million. The draft 2014/2020 RDP, as submitted, envisages payment rates remaining unchanged, pending the introduction of the newly delineated Areas of Natural Constraints.
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