Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 May 2013
239. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an area based payment has not yet been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if they are entitled to appeal this decision; if they are eligible to apply for the area based payment in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23560/13]
View answerUnder 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, there are two criteria to be satisfied in relation to equines. Firstly, the holding itself must meet the definition of an Equine Breeding Enterprise and secondly, 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 nine equine passports, none was in respect of a breeding mare which foaled in 2009, 2010 or 2011. Therefore, as the Terms and Condition of the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme have not been satisfied, no payment is due for the year in question.
