Vol. 490 No. 5
134 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which the forage area was calculated for payments for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in view of the fact that he feels that he was incorrectly paid; and if his Department will expedite payment of his special beef and suckler cow payments for 1998. [10564/98]
The incorrect amount of forage area registered for the person named has been amended from 7.77 hectares to 15.77 hectares and accordingly the outstanding amount due under the special beef premium scheme, £90.17 x 9 @ 90 per cent will issue over the coming week.
The balancing payment of 10 per cent, cannot commence until the final position vis-à-vis the national quota is established.
135 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a reactor grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [10565/98]
The TB reactor grant due to the person named will issue shortly.
136 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a suckler cow grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact that his application has been approved by the Limerick office. [10566/98]
The person named will be paid his 1997 suckler cow premium scheme grants within the next two weeks.
137 Mr. M. Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an area aid query for 1997 will be rectified for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo to enable the remainder of his headage payments to issue. [10567/98]
The area aid query for 1997 has been rectified and the person named received his full entitlement, limited by his forage area as declared on his 1997 area aid application, of £674.45 on 5 February 1998 under the 1997 cattle headage scheme.
138 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have his area aid file digitised and payment of the balance of his suckler cow and cattle headage grants made to him. [10568/98]
Arrangements have been put in place in the area aid unit for the examination of all outstanding cases within the next few weeks. Within this process, priority is being given to applicants for whom payments are outstanding.
139 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have his file digitised and payment of cattle headage and suckler cow and sheep headage grants made to him. [10569/98]
Arrangements have been put in place in the area aid unit for the examination of all outstanding cases within the next few weeks. Within this process, priority is being given to applicants for whom payments are outstanding.
140 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 10 March 1998 the reason a person (details supplied) in County Sligo has not received his suckler cow or beef top-up payments in view of the fact that maps were to be issued to resolve his land identification parcel scheme problems and he has not yet received them; if it can be resolved and payment issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10600/98]
Arrangements have been put in place in the area aid unit for the examination of all outstanding cases within the next few weeks. Within this process, priority is being given to applicants for whom payments are outstanding.
I have again made arrangements for the immediate issue of the maps in question. As soon as those maps are returned to my Department, they will be processed as part of the new arrangements to which I have referred above.
141 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in payment of area aid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10610/98]
Arrangements have been put in place in the area aid unit for the examination of all outstanding cases within the next few weeks. Within this process, priority is being given to applicants for whom payments are outstanding.
142 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an allocation from the national reserve further to her application for suckler cow premium quota in 1998; and, if not, the reason she will be unsuccessful. [10611/98]
The person named has been allocated five suckler cow premium rights, the maximum that can be allocated, from the 1998 national reserve.
