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MLAs and the Farm Cash

Mark Devenport | 17:22 UK time, Tuesday, 24 February 2009

During today's Agriculture Committee meeting on the Farm Modernisation Grant debacle, two MLAs, the DUP's William Irwin and the UUP's George Savage declared that they had themselves applied for a grant. It's not clear whether they had to queue in person or took advantage of the postal application system.

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  • 1. At 05:24am on 25 Feb 2009, Dennis Junior wrote:

    Mark:

    It is always nice to have 2 MLA's applied for the Farm Grants....


    ~Dennis Junior~

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  • 2. At 07:49am on 25 Feb 2009, SusieFlood wrote:

    Mark

    DARD EMPLOYEES AND THE FARM CASH

    Much more interesting than knowing the names of MLAs applying for the Grant would be to learn how many DARD employees have made successful applications.

    Susie
    Carryduff

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  • 3. At 8:01pm on 25 Feb 2009, Stormontspy wrote:

    Susie,

    Good point. Maybe FOI might solve that but chances of getting a straight answer are slim.
    Wonder how many MLA's families were in for the money.

    Stormontspy

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