Vol. 513 No. 1
253 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received £266 under the cull ewe scheme in view of the fact that he was expecting to receive £342 as he applied for payment on nine animals rather than seven. [1237/00]
Under the Dúchas compensation scheme for ewes culled under the ewe supplementary measure, 1998, the rates of payment were fixed at £25 for the loss of each premium under the 1999 ewe premium scheme, £11 for the loss of each grant under the 1999 sheep headage scheme and £2 for each ewe culled. The maximum payable on any ewe was therefore £38. According to my Department's records for the 1999 schemes the person named was at the loss of five ewe premia for which he received £25 each, and 11 sheep headage grants at £11 each. He also received £2 for each of the nine ewes that he actually culled in 1998. His total entitlement was therefore £264.
254 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the remainder of 1999 sheep headage top up. [1238/00]
Under the 1999 sheep headage scheme the rate of payment for the top-up was £2 in respect of hogget ewes and £1 in respect of mountain breeding ewes. The person named applied for ten hogget ewes and 36 breeding ewes for which she received £56 on 8 December 1999. Therefore, she has received her full entitlement under the scheme.
