asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries if he proposes to increase the grants for mountain fencing in view of the increased costs of wire and posts.

I do not contemplate increasing these grants at the present time.

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asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the grounds for his refusal to pay a grant under the farm modernisation scheme to a person in County Longford (name supplied); and if he will state the type of fence that qualifies under this scheme.

Grants are payable under the farm modernisation scheme on internal fencing being erected with a view to more efficient management of the farm. The fencing proposed in the case in question did not come into that category.