Vol. 472 No. 1
323 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of farmers who have been disqualified from receipt of EU or departmental grants to date in 1996; the reason for such disqualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22821/96]
The following tabular statement sets out the information currently available.
I regret that, in the time available and because many files are still not fully processed, it is not possible to provide the details requested by the Deputy in respect of all grant schemes. I will arrange for my Department to provide additional information to the Deputy within the next few weeks.
Farmers disqualified from receipt of EU or Departmental Grants in 1996
|
Scheme |
Number |
Reasons |
|
Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) |
6 |
Non compliance with planned undertakings under the Scheme |
|
TB/Brucellosis |
18 |
(a) animals bought in to a restricted holding without the permission of the District Veterinary Office (14 cases) |
|
Eradication Schemes |
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|
(b) delaying reactor retest (2 cases) |
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(c) apparent interference with TB test (1 case) |
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(d) conviction of offences under the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1989 (1 case) |
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|
Total |
24 |
