Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 31 January 2013
181. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment of disadvantaged area scheme 2012 has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4912/13]
View answerThe person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases are impacted by the requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who applied for and were refused derogation in this regard. The person named subsequently availed of the option to appeal to the independently chaired DAS Appeals Committee. The Committee has adjudicated on this appeal and the person concerned has been notified of the unsuccessful outcome, in writing, on 13 December 2012. As advised in the letter, it is open to the person named to pursue the matter with the Office of the Ombudsman.
