Frank Crowley
Question:219 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a beef premium payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
This applicant's 1990 special beef premium is being processed at present and payment will issue shortly.
Frank Crowley
Question:220 Mr. Crowley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a suckler cow grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay in issuing payment; and if he finds this delay acceptable.
This applicant has already been paid his grants under the 1990 suckler cow scheme. There was no particular delay.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Question:221 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will arrange payment of a farm development grant to a person (details supplied) in County Clare.
Every effort is made to have payments under the farm investment aid schemes made at the earliest possible date. Claims are, of course, processed strictly in order of receipt and, therefore, the period between receipt of a particular claim and its payment is affected by the overall volume of claims to be processed at the time in question and the position in regard to budgetary resources. Having regard to the level of claims currently on hands, it is likely to be about three months before this payment can be made.
Austin Deasy
Question:222 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in payment of a ewe premium to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when payment will issue.
The first instalment of the 1991 ewe premium was paid to the person named on 21 August 1991. Owing to a clerical error, the payable order was understated by £268.51 and payment of this amount will be made in the near future.
Austin Deasy
Question:223 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in payment of a ewe premium to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when payment will issue.
Donal Carey
Question:225 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be paid his ewe premium; and when the file was passed from the Ennis office.
I propose taking Questions Nos. 223 and 225 together.
The first instalment of the 1991 ewe premium in these cases has been paid.
Donal Carey
Question:224 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be paid her headage grant for 1989-90; and when the file was passed from the Ennis office.
This applicant has already been paid part of her 1989 and 1990 cattle and equines headage schemes grants and the balances due to her under both these schemes will be paid shortly. Her file was passed from the Ennis office on 14 October 1991. The reason for the delay in paying the outstanding amounts was a query concerning her 1989 off-farm income which was not resolved until 1991.