Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 January 2014
555. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 8 February 2012, in view of the fact that between 2009 and 2010 there were four successful appeals to the agricultural appeals office on installation aid, if he will clarify the situation as per his response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2521/14]
View answerIn my reply to the previous Parliamentary Question referred to by the Deputy regarding the position in relation to farmers who had submitted applications after the suspension of the Young Farmers’ Installation Scheme on 14 October 2008, I informed him that, at that stage, two such applicants had successfully appealed to the Agriculture Appeals Office that their applications should be processed notwithstanding the fact that they had been received by my Department after the date of suspension. Grant payments have now been made in both such cases.
Since my reply to that Parliamentary Question, two further appeals from farmers who submitted applications to my Department after the suspension of the Scheme on 14 October 2008 have been considered by the Agriculture Appeals Office. In both cases, the appeals were rejected by that Office.
In addition to the appeals referred to above, a number of other farmers who submitted applications in good time to my Department were successful in their appeals to the Agriculture Appeals Office in relation to other aspects of the Scheme such as the eligibility of education qualifications, date of set-up, land transfer requirements, etc.
