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‹ Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Development Grant Aid. Grants for low-cost cattle housing
Summary
Asked about grants for low-cost winter housing for beef cattle, the Minister said he intended the new scheme to support housing that met specified standards.
(Limerick West): Would the Minister consider in the new type farm modernisation scheme which he will be introducing later this year, some type of grant to farmers for low cost housing for the wintering of beef cattle?
Comment on this
I always appear to be at one with Deputy Noonan on that. I have a desire to see low cost housing being grant-aided, provided it stands up to certain specifications, for obvious reasons. I intend under the new scheme to launch a policy that will result in more of this country's cattle being housed during the winter, something we would all like to see.
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