Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 December 2005
250 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a compensation package for scrapie will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39811/05]
View answerThe flock owner referred to above was restricted under the scrapie programme on the 31 May 2005. Following the genotyping of his flock the susceptible animals were sent for slaughter and the flock owner was paid compensation in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The top-up payment in respect of the breeding ewes cannot be paid to the flock owner until such time as only category 1 and category 2 sheep remain on the holding. In this regard the Deputy will be aware that I recently made a significant improvement in the level of the top-up payment available and the flock owner will benefit from this in due course.
