Vol. 519 No. 2
115 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive final instalment of the 1999 ewe premium; and if he is owed balance payments under the cattle and sheep headage schemes for that year. [13268/00]
Payment of the final instalment of the 1999 ewe premium will be made to the person named shortly.
116 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1999 sheep headage and premia payment in view of the fact that she has submitted documentation necessary to prove her claim entitlement; and confirm when the penalty will be removed. [13269/00]
The person named claimed a total of 10.35 hectares on her 1999 area aid application. Following processing of her application an area of 9.16 hectares was determined. This represents a difference of 1.19 hectares or 13% 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 2.38 hectares has to apply, leaving the area for payment purposes at 6.78 hectares. The herdowner subsequently submitted a map to the area aid unit in support of her application but this was simply a map of the overclaimed parcel and did not show any additional land area to that already entered on the Department's electronic database. However, the area aid unit has been in touch with her Teagasc advisor and he has undertaken to supply a copy of the Land Registry map for the problem parcel. When this map is received it will be examined and if the boundaries need adjustment amendments will be made and if any extra payments are due they will issue as quickly as possible thereafter.
117 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the reason a leasing application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been rejected. [13270/00]
Under EU regulations governing the quota regime, farmers who wish to lease in or purchase suckler cow quota must do so and notify my Department not later than the date they lodge their application for the suckler cow premium.
The lessee named applied for the 1999 suckler cow premium scheme on 9 June 1999.
