asked the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries the cause of the delay in payment of more than £2,000 in grants to a person (name supplied) in County Kerry for reactor cows purchased from him on 17th December, 1974.
Written Answers. - Non-Payment of Reactor Cows Grants.
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Payment in the case referred to by the Deputy was made on 20th and 21st February. The delay was due to an interruption in the collection of reactors by the meat factories over the Christmas holiday period and the unusually heavy volume of payments being made to farmers in recent months.