Enda Kenny
Question:71 Mr. E. Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when a cattle headage grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
Written Answers - Grant Payments.
The applications of the person named for grants under the 1992 cattle and equines headage and suckler cow premium schemes are being processed at present and payments will issue shortly.
Delay arose in this case because the original application which the person named claims he submitted in the June/July 1992 application period was not received in my Department.
Enda Kenny
Question:72 Mr. E. Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when a sheep headage grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.
Payment of outstanding sheep headage grants was made recently to the person named.
Edward Nealon
Question:73 Mr. Nealon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when the December suckler cow grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo.
The person named was recently paid his grants under the December 1992 suckler cow premium scheme.
Dinny McGinley
Question:74 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if a special beef premium will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.
The application of the person named for grants under the June 1992 special beef premium scheme was rejected when subjected to a computer validation check because the herdnumber was punched incorrectly. It is expected that payment will be made within a forthnight.
The person named did not apply in the November/December application period for grants under this scheme.
John Ellis
Question:75 Mr. Ellis asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will pay an equine headage grant for the years 1991 and 1992 to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim.
The person named was paid his 1991 and 1992 equines headage schemes grants in early November and mid December 1992 respectively.
Payment of his 1990 equines headage scheme grant application was delayed due to a clerical error but is now being processed and if found in order will be paid shortly.
John Ellis
Question:76 Mr. Ellis asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will pay arrears of headage grants due to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim.
The person named did not declare that he had an offfarm income for the income tax years ended 5 April 1980 to 5 April 1984. When documentary evidence of his off farm income was produced he was found to be ineligible for the cattle headage grants paid to him for each of the years 1980 to 1984 and for the suckler cow premium paid for 1984.
He only applied for the calf premium scheme in 1985, 1986 and 1989 and grants due have been off-set against the debt.
He did not apply for any headage or premia grants in 1987 or 1988.
His 1990 and 1991 cattle headage, equines headage and suckler cow premium schemes grants have also been off-set against the debt and a balance will be deducted from his 1992 grants.
The remainder of this 1992 cattle headage, equines headage and suckler cow premium schemes grants are being processed at present and payment will be made as soon as possible.
He did not apply for the special beef premium scheme in 1989, 1990, 1991 or 1992.
Austin Deasy
Question:77 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the reason for the delay in payment of a beef premium to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in view of the fact that this was sent to Dublin for payment on 29 October 1992; and if he will ensure that payment issues immediately.
The person named has recently been paid his grants under the June 1992 special beef premium scheme and the December 1992 special beef premium scheme.
Delay in paying the June 1992 special beef premium scheme grants arose because of a clerical error which resulted in the application being rejected when subjected to a computer validation check.
Paul Bradford
Question:78 Mr. Bradford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has received all the 1992 cattle premia for which he applied.
The person named was not an applicant for cattle premia in the June 1992 application period. His application for grants under the December 1992 suckler cow and special beef premium schemes are being processed at present and if found in order payments will issue as soon as possible.