Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2013
983. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will be made under the disadvantaged area based scheme for 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16041/13]
View answerThe person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases were 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; that appeal was unsuccessful. The person named was notified accordingly by letter dated 12 December 2012. As advised in that letter, it is now open to the person named to pursue the matter with the Office of the Ombudsman.
