Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the new environmental scheme for farmers with designated land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23231/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I presume the Deputy is referring to the new Hen Harrier Programme. This is a locally-led pilot project under the European Innovation Partnerships measure of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020. It is not a Department scheme as such, and is not directly administered by my Department.

However, the project is fully funded through the Rural Development Plan and within that framework I have allocated a budget of €25 million for the Hen Harrier Programme.