Vol. 438 No. 1
108 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if an application for 1993 ewe premium by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be paid in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The person named applied for payment on 40 sheep. He had no quota but was recently allocated a quota of 10 from the national reserve. He will receive full payment of his 1993 ewe premium in respect of ten animals after the final instalment is fixed by the European Commission in March/ April next.
109 Mr. Hilliard asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath has not yet been paid a slaughter premium in respect of 53 cattle for which application was made in January 1993; and the reason the special beef premium has not been paid in respect of 90 cattle which were inspected by his Department in March 1993.
The person named was paid his 1993 deseasonalisation slaughter premium on 28 January 1994. He was paid an advance of January/February 1993 special beef premium on 25 January 1994. He will be paid the balance in due course.
110 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when a suckler cow grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.
The person named was paid his November 1992 suckler cow premium scheme grant in January 1993. A 60 per cent advance payment under the 1993 suckler cow premium scheme as provided in EU regulations will be paid as soon as possible.
111 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when a suckler cow grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal.
The person named will be paid her 1993 suckler cow premium scheme grant as soon as possible. Payment of an advance was not made in this case as the application form had to be returned to the applicant for further clarification.
113 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when the final 40 per cent of the 22 month subsidy will be paid in 1994.
The final 40 per cent of the 1993 special beef premium will become payable to a particular applicant when all applications received from him-her in the course of 1993 have been processed. This is necessary to ensure compliance with EU regulations covering in particular the ceiling on eligible animals and the stocking density. The work on this, together with the work on processing the November 1993 applications, means that in many cases payment of the final 40 per cent of premium will not start before late March.
