Vol. 485 No. 2
151 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will have their 1996 area aid file cleared and payment of their 1996 suckler cow grant and 1996 ten-month and 22-month beef premium grants issued to them. [22952/97]
The 1996 area aid application has now been cleared and arrangements are being made to make the outstanding suckler cow and special beef premia payments.
152 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have his area aid file cleared and payment of his cattle headage grant issued to him. [22953/97]
Payments in respect of the 1997 cattle headage application of the person named will be made before Christmas.
153 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have her area aid file cleared and payment of her cattle headage and slaughter premium grants issued to her. [22954/97]
The area aid application of the person named is being processed and payments in respect of the 1997 cattle headage application of the person named will be made before Christmas.
In relation to the 1997 deseasonalisation slaughter premium application, the position is that the person named qualified for a payment of £180.27 in respect of the three animals applied for. However, this sum was offset against an overpayment of £228.96 incurred under the 1996 BSE compensation top-up measure. The regulations governing payment of the 1996 BSE compensation package, which was paid out in October 1996, provided for payment of top-ups in respect of animals which qualified for payment under the 1995 EU special beef premium scheme. The regulations also provided for adjustments, upwards and downwards, later on to take account of the number of animals qualifying for payment under the 1996 EU special beef premium scheme.
The person named had a lesser number of animals qualifying for special beef premium in 1996 than in 1995. It was therefore necessary to recoup an overall amount of £228.96 of which the £180.27 recovered under the 1997 deseasonalisation slaughter premium formed a part.
154 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have his area aid file cleared and payment of his cattle, sheep headage and suckler cow grants issued to him. [22955/97]
Payment of £1,262.07 has issued in respect of the 1997 suckler cow application of the person named. Payments in respect of the cattle and sheep headage applications of the person named will be made before Christmas.
