Michael Ring
Question:74 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1999 cattle headage and premia. [2114/00]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
The person named claimed a total of 15.33 hectares on his 1999 area aid application. Following processing of his application an area of 14.70 hectares was determined. This represents a difference of 0.63 hectares or 4.29% between the area claimed and that determined.
Under Article 9 of EU Regulation 3887/92, no penalty is applied when the difference is less than 3%, the penalty is based on double the difference when it is between 3% and 20% and when the difference is over 20%, a 100% penalty must be applied. Therefore, in this case a penalty of 1.26 hectares has to apply, leaving the area for payment purposes at 13.44 hectares. Any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
Willie Penrose
Question:75 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been paid reactor grants in respect of three reactor cows which were killed in 1997; if this grant will be paid out without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2176/00]
Reactor grants cannot be paid in this case because laboratory analysis has indicated apparent irregularities with the tissue samples from the animals concerned.
Willie Penrose
Question:76 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the steps, if any, he will take to ensure that the application by a person (details supplied) in County Longford for an installation aid scheme grant is paid to him immediately; if a contributory social security payment from the USA, payable to his two children from a previous marriage, is being calculated as part of his income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2177/00]
The person named is currently ineligible for aid under the national scheme of installation aid as he does not comply with the terms and conditions of that scheme. The income declared by an applicant in the income tax return documentation is the definitive income for the purposes of eligibility under the scheme. On the basis of off-farm income evident from the income tax return documentation furnished by the applicant, he does not meet the criteria for full time farmer status under the scheme.
Should the applicant at a future date consider that he is in a position to meet the terms and con ditions of the scheme, he can lodge a new application with accompanying documentation.