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IFA eyes up RBS surplus

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01-02-2012 10:51am

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The IFA is also examining the possibility of accessing up to €15m of funding that was allocated to the rural broadband scheme under the rural development fund.

"This fund has failed miserably to deliver any assistance to rural families," said Mr McCarthy. "The money should be channelled into farming communities via schemes such as an improved TAMS in order for this Government to reach its targets for investment in its rural development plan."

However, Irish Rural Link's Seamus Boland rejected any suggestion that the rural broadband fund should be channelled into farm investment schemes.

"The fact remains that broadband access in rural Ireland remains dismal," said Mr Boland. "This is compromising not just farmers but overall job growth in rural communities. It should be relatively straight forward to fix but until we begin to take broadband access seriously, it will continue to thwart rural development. The broadband scheme needs to be fixed not scrapped."

http://www.independent.ie/farming/news-features/low-uptake-sparks-tams-revamp-callsfears-grow-that-up-to-20m-of-total-fund-could-go-unclaimed-3003940.html

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