Vol. 513 No. 5
38 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if he will give details of the problem which is delaying payment of sheep subsidy to a person (details supplied) where the applicant has not been informed of the difficulty with his area aid. [2922/00]
The 1999 area aid application details for the person named have now been entered on the Department's electronic database, and there are no further problems with his application. Payment of grants under the 1999 sheep headage scheme will be made shortly. He has already been paid the first and second instalments under the 1999 ewe premium scheme and the third and final instalment is due to be paid within the next two weeks.
39 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has recently received correspondence from his Department, indicating she was overpaid extensification premium of £790.83 five years ago; the way in which this occurred; the reason it is only now being followed up; if he will furnish all the relevant information to the applicant upon which the stocking density has, some five years later, been recalculated; his views on whether the fault lay with his Department if repayment is due and that no repayment should be sought in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/00]
Extensification premium is paid on all animals paid under the suckler cow and special beef premium schemes if the stocking density on the holding is less than 1.40 livestock units per hectare.
The person named was paid on 27 cows under the 1995 suckler cow premium scheme and subsequently received extensification premium on those cows amounting to £790.83 on 29 May 1996.
