Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2005
412 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason details of the scrapie monitor scheme were not notified to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if this person will now qualify for payments; and if their case will be fully investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9370/05]
View answerThe person named applied to become a member of the scrapie monitored flock scheme on 22 March 2003. Following his application, a veterinary inspector visited him and recommended the inclusion of his flock in the scheme. The inspector explained that membership of the scrapie monitored flock scheme required compliance with certain conditions. The person named did not comply with the conditions of the scheme in either 2003 or in 2004 and a certificate of non-compliance was issued to him on 8 September 2004. He was not, therefore, issued with details of the scheme in 2005.
If the person named wishes to participate in the scheme in 2005 it is open to him to apply to his local district veterinary office to do so.
