Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme is to be treated by applicants as a de minimis payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46768/22]

Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ash dieback RUS grant aid scheme is to be treated by applicants as a de-minimis payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47274/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 586 and 601 together.

The Ash Dieback Reconstitution and Underplanting Scheme (RUS) is wholly funded by the exchequer and payments under the Scheme are in made in accordance with the General de minimis regulation Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013.