Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2012
105. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an appeal on disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54940/12]
View answerWhile the person named was successful under the derogation process, the holding concerned does not satisfy the minimum stocking density requirement insofar as horses are being taken into account. Where horses are being considered for stocking density purposes, the Terms and Conditions governing the 2012 Scheme require that an applicant’s holding must meet the definition of an equine breeding enterprise requirement. For these purposes, the person must be an equine breeder and have bred a foal, in 2011, from a mare registered on the applicant’s holding, in either 2009, 2010 or 2011, which was registered in a Stud Book approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with pedigree recorded (sire and dam). While the applicant submitted evidence of a foal born in 2011, the Department has been unable to establish that this foal was registered, as required, in a recognised Stud Book. Should such evidence be provided, the case will immediately be further processed.
