P. J. Sheehan
Question:191 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of an application for an EU farm retirement pension. [3540/02]
Vol. 547 No. 3
191 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of an application for an EU farm retirement pension. [3540/02]
The application from the person named was in fact received in my Department on 10 October 2001. It was approved for payment on 15 December 2001 at the rate of €12,075.12 per annum and the pension is backdated to the date the application was received. The first monthly payment, including arrears, issued in the last week of January 2002.