Jan 22, 2010

€67.5 million now paid out in total to Cavan

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Cavan Monaghan, T.D., Mr. Brendan Smith has confirmed that his Department has completed payments of over €`13.8 million under the Farm Waste Management Scheme to farmers in County Cavan. The payments represent the second tranche of the 40% due under the Scheme and will be followed in early 2011 by the final balancing payments of 20%. The Minister confirmed that since the start of last year, a total of €34.3 million has been paid out to Cavan under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. Furthermore, since the commencement of the scheme in 2006, over €67.5 million has been allocated to farmers throughout the county under the Scheme. “The Farm Waste Management Scheme, grant aid which is entirely funded from the exchequer, is the most extensive on-farm investment initiative in the history of the state. It has been crucial in allowing farmers in County Cavan and across the county to meet the requirements under the Nitrates Directive and has allowed for far more environmentally sustainable modes of farming. Indeed, it has enabled farmers to provide modern on-farm facilities”, Minister Smith said. Minister Smith also said that once the final payments have been made next year, over €1.2 billion will have been allocated since the inception of the scheme in 2006, and to date, 90% of that grant aid has been paid.

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