Vol. 554 No. 5
300 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is being refused extensification for 2001 in view of the fact that at that time there were no marts open, no testing and no movement of cattle due to the foot and mouth crisis and this person could not reduce their stocking density. [16083/02]
The person named participated in the 2001 extensification premium opting for the census system. Because of foot and mouth disease, control measures relating to the movement of animals were in place during the early part of 2001, Commission Regulation 1900/2000 provided for an across-the-board application of a 0.8 co-efficient to the livestock unit value of bovine animals declared by herdowners on their CEN.1 form in respect of the first and second census dates in 2001. In the case of the person named, the coefficient was applied to the livestock unit value of the animals declared at the first and second census dates. During the second half of the year market outlets were restored enabling herdowners to dispose of livestock that might have accumulated in their herds over the period of the restriction.
