Voucher eligibility and scheme cost

Summary

Treacy questioned the rejection of a farmer with eight cattle and asked for the scheme’s net cost; Deasy requested details of the case and estimated the Exchequer cost at £13.25 million.

Noel Treacy Mr. N. Treacy Fianna Fáil

Can the Minister tell us exactly the net cost of this scheme to the Government? How can a farmer with eight head of cattle be rejected?

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Austin Deasy Mr. Deasy Fine Gael

I should like the Deputy to bring specific cases to my notice.

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Noel Treacy Mr. N. Treacy Fianna Fáil

I have already brought this one.

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Austin Deasy Mr. Deasy Fine Gael

The net cost to the Exchequer would be approximately £13,250,000.

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Noel Treacy Mr. N. Treacy Fianna Fáil

Thirteen and a quarter million £s net cost to the Exchequer and £14 million going abegging in Europe.

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