Ireland - Minister Smith confirms payment arrangements for farm waste management grants worth over €500 million

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, today said that the Government had decided that the farm waste management scheme grants will be paid on a phased basis with 40 per cent being paid this year, as claims are approved, a further 40 per cent being paid in early January 2010 and the remaining 20 per cent in January 2011. The Minister said that the decision had been taken in the context of addressing the public finances and identifying significant savings in public spending this year.