Michael Ring
Question:222 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an area-based payment. [23659/01]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
A condition of the area-based compensatory allowance scheme is that applicants must meet a minimum stocking level of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare in the year preceding application. The stocking density of the person named was 0.08 livestock units per forage hectare in 2000. However, farmers who are unable to meet the minimum stocking density but who traditionally qualified for headage grants in respect of cattle and-or sheep may continue to qualify for payment provided their land is being utilised and is not in danger of under-grazing. The application of the person named has been cleared and payment will issue before the end of October.