Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 June 2004
92 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who applied for area aid but did not include land on which he or she has grazing rights for approximately 150 ewes in the Glen of Imaal; if this can be included for payment; and if the Minister will make a statement on the matter. [17114/04]
View answerUnder EU regulations on the administration of the area aid scheme, the final date for receipt of amendments to the 2004 area aid application form was 31 May 2004. No amendment form relating to the person named was received by my Department before that date. Therefore, I regret that the land covered by grazing rights in the Glen of Imaal cannot be added to the 2004 application.
93 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason an application for an oral appeal hearing against a decision by his Department to impose a penalty in respect of a 2003 area aid application has not been granted to persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath to date; if he will take steps to ensure that the said appeal is expedited and notice thereof is furnished to the applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17144/04]
View answerThe agriculture appeals office received this appeal on 2 February 2004. The case had not been through the internal review stage within my Department so the agriculture appeals office forwarded the correspondence to the Department for review. The Department carried out the review and the decision remained unchanged. The Department file was received in the agriculture appeals office on 19 May 2004 and the appeal was assigned to an appeals officer on the same date. The appeals office will contact the appellants shortly to arrange the oral hearing that they requested.
