Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 January 2013
182. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for disadvantaged area aid grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the holding has been confirmed as having met stocking density requirements and when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2143/13]
View answerPayment under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme has not yet issued as, at this stage, the holding concerned has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements for 2012. An exercise to take account of December 2012 data, which has recently become available, is currently ongoing and is scheduled to be completed before the end of January, thereby establishing the definitive position of the holding of the person named and other similarly affected scheme applicants. Should that re-validation confirm that the holding has satisfied the Scheme requirements, the case will be further processed with a view to payment issuing at the earliest possible date thereafter.
