4 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is insufficient finance provided by his Department to fund headage payments in 1991 to a level of payment which would compensate farmers for the reduction in market price supports for the various sectors in agriculture; if he will outline total Exchequer funding to Irish agriculture for the years 1987, 1988, 1989; and the reason there was less Exchequer funding required to fund headage payments in the severely handicapped areas in 1990 when compared to the Estimate for 1990.

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4 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is insufficient finance provided by his Department to fund headage payments in 1991 to a level of payment which would compensate farmers for the reduction in market price supports for the various sectors in agriculture; if he will outline total Exchequer funding to Irish agriculture for the years 1987, 1988, 1989; and the reason there was less Exchequer funding required to fund headage payments in the severely handicapped areas in 1990 when compared to the Estimate for 1990.

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