Vol. 420 No. 5
29 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the limited number of unsuccessful applicants, he will further review cases where farmers have been disqualified over technical errors in filling out application forms for subsidy claims in the livestock section such as the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow.
The person named has been deemed ineligible for grants under the 1991 special beef premium scheme as four of the 20 animals on which he applied for premium had already received payment in 1990.
Under EC Regulations he is also debarred from the scheme for 12 months from 31 July 1991.
This case is outside the tolerance for errors allowed by the EC and I have no discretion to alter the decision to refuse grants in such situations.
