Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2020
796. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a sheep welfare payment for 2020 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39864/20]
View answerUnder the Sheep Welfare Scheme, applicants were assigned a reference number for payment which was based on the average of the number of eligible breeding ewes declared by applicants on their 2014/2015 sheep census return. Payment under the scheme, set at €10 per eligible breeding ewe, is subject to the participant completing the selected actions and fulfilling all scheme criteria and is based on the lower of the Scheme Reference Number or most recent Sheep Census return.
The advance payment due to the person named, which is based on his scheme reference number, was issued by my Department on 17th November.
