Press Release: Minister Smith presses for advance payment of Single Payment

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith, met the EU Agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, on 22 September 2008 and pressed the case for an advance payment of the 2008 Single Payment. His approach to the Agriculture Commissioner to advance 50 per cent of the payment was prompted by the very wet summer of 2008, which had seriously affected farming in Ireland.

Ireland: Department of Agriculture and Food: Press Release, 24.9.08: Minister Smith welcomes approval for advance payment of 2008 single payment http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/

Ireland: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Press Release, 15.10.08: Minister Smith announces advance payment of €530 million under the 2008 Single Payment Scheme http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/

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