John Perry
Question:80 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a fodder payment will be released for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16258/99]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
The person named does not qualify for assistance under the winter fodder schemes as he was not an active milk supplier on 1 April 1998 and was not an applicant for the 1998 suckler cow premium, ewe premium or sheep headage schemes. He did submit an application for assistance under the 1999 special fodder hardship fund scheme but on the basis of a Teagasc assessment of his fodder requirements, he does not qualify for any grant under this scheme.
John Perry
Question:81 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if outstanding area aid prob lems will be resolved for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if 1998 ten and 22 month special beef premia, a suckler cow payment and cattle headage will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16259/99]
The person named submitted an incomplete application, in that he did not submit sufficient maps to cover all of the land on his 1998 area aid application. The area aid unit issued maps in order to enable him to identify the location of the remainder of his land. No reply has been received and so his application has now been processed in accordance with the maps originally supplied by the herdowner with his application, resulting in there being an overclaim of 41 per cent.
EU Regulations preclude the making of any area-aid linked payments where the area claimed is in excess of 20 per cent greater than that established. As a result there is a 100 per cent penalty applied to the application and no area-aid linked payments can issue to the person concerned for 1998.