Aid for Other Low farmers
A Deputy asked whether grant aid would return for the Other Low category. The Minister said some farmers in western Ireland could qualify for livestock-building aid, but resources did not allow wider assistance.
asked the Minister for Agriculture if he has any proposals to restore grant-aid to the "Other Low" category under the farm modernisation scheme.
Comment on this
While grant aid is not available generally for former "Other Low" farmers under the revised farm modernisation scheme, some farmers in the west of Ireland below the development level who follow an improvement plan designed to increase beef and sheep output, may be eligible for grant aid for buildings for livestock and fixed equipment. This aid is available under the orientation of production element of the Programme for Western Development. In view of the limited resources available it is not possible at this time to provide investment aid to "Other Low" farmers outside the west of Ireland.
The position of "Other Low" farmers is being reviewed in the context of the implementation of the new agricultural structures policy agreed at the Council of Ministers meeting on the 11 and 12 March 1985.