Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 October 2013

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Questions (305)

Áine Collins

Question:

305. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) will receive a disadvantaged areas payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43011/13]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases were impacted by the requirement to have achieved a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare in 2011, and who applied for and were refused derogation in this regard. The person named subsequently appealed unsuccessfully to the independently chaired DAS Appeals Committee who advised of the option to pursue the matter with the Office of the Ombudsman.