Pat Breen
Question:406. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28937/18]
View answerTuesday, 3 July 2018
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The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) was approved as an agri-environment scheme by the EU Commission as part of Ireland's RDP with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the suckler herd.
The Person named recently successfully appealed to amalgamate their BDGP application with that of another applicant. Due to the changes applied to the reference area and animals additional animals need to be genotyped in order to adhere to the terms and conditions that govern the Programme.
Genomic test kits for these animals have recently been issued to the person named. Payment will be considered once the Department has been notified that the test samples have been submitted.