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Thu 08 Aug 2008Farmers' payments not at risk, says Minister
MINISTER for Agriculture Brendan Smith yesterday reassured farmers who are carrying out building work under a new environmental scheme that they will be paid.
Fine Gael had alleged that farmers who were building slurry tanks and other structures under the Farm Waste Management Scheme (FWMS) might not receive payments and could be hit by Government cutbacks.
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