Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 January 2013
216. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an appeal regarding the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3285/13]
View answerUnder 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, there are two criteria to be satisfied in relation to horses. First, the holding itself must meet the definition of an Equine Breeding Enterprise and second, horses, in order to be taken into account for stocking density purposes, must be aged one to five years and, where older, must be a breeding mare for the purposes of the Scheme. While the person named submitted twelve equine passports to my Department, as none was in respect of a breeding mare, the holding of the person named does not satisfy the definition of an Equine Breeding Enterprise. Accordingly, the person named is not due payment under the 2012 Scheme. The applicant was advised of the position by letter dated 6 November 2012.
