Vol. 505 No. 3
108 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will have his application under the 1998 special beef premium scheme reviewed on the basis that a part of the application was submitted in error two days earlier as it should have been as part of his 1999 application; and if this can be adjusted in view of the circumstances involved. [13758/99]
Under the EU regulations governing the special beef premium scheme there is a stocking density limit of 2 livestock units per hectare of forage area declared on an applicants area aid application.
The person named declared a forage area of 72.02 hectares on his 1998 area aid application, thereby giving a stocking limit of 144.04 livestock units. This person also had a milk quota of 55,468 gallons in 1998, which when divided by the national average yield of 897 gallons, accounts for 61.83 livestock units.
The person named made the following applications for special beef premium – 14 animals on the ten month special beef premium scheme on 18 June, 1998; eight animals on the 22 month special beef premium scheme on 29 April, 1998; 30 animals on the ten month special beef premium scheme on 4 December, 1998; 13 animals on the 22 month special beef premium scheme on 4 December 1998.
The person named also applied for premium on 485 ewes (72.75 livestock units) under the ewe premium scheme. The balance of the livestock units available were utilised under the special beef premium scheme as follows: 14 animals x 0.6 = 8.4 livestock units; 1.06 animal x 1 = 1.06 livestock units.
The remaining animals will not receive payment and are, under EU regulations, deemed to have received the instalment of the premium applied for and are not entitled to be re-submitted for premium for the same age group subsequently.
There is no provisions in the regulations governing the scheme to withdraw either part of or all of an application once it has been submitted for premium. The regulations governing the special beef premium scheme are prescribed by the EU and you will appreciate that they must be adhered to.
