Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013
881. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area payment will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1211/13]
View answerWhile an application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 11 April 2012, payment has not issued as the conditions of the Scheme have not been satisfied, at this stage, in regard to inclusion of equines for the purposes of meeting the minimum stocking density requirement.
The Terms and Conditions governing the Scheme require, inter alia , that in order for equines to be eligible, they must be confirmed as being in a registered breeding enterprise and meet certain qualifying criteria. The person concerned has already been advised directly by my Department of the outstanding matters in regard to stocking density. Once it has been established that this requirement has been satisfied, the application concerned can be further processed with a view to payment.
