asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of a grant for a slatted house will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
96.
Two claims under the farm improvement programme for payment of farm buildings grants totalling £2,201 have been received and will be paid as soon as practicable. All claims under the programme are dealt with strictly in order of receipt. Due to existing budgetary constraints there is some delay in making grant payments.
97.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of increased ewe premium will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
The person named has already been paid her 1987 sheep headage grants and will be paid her 1987 ewe premium advance shortly.
98.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of a silage grant will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
A claim under the farm improvement programme for payment of a grant of £1,222 has been received and will be paid as soon as practicable. All claims under the programme are dealt with strictly in order of receipt. Due to existing budgetary constraints there is some delay in making grant payments.
99.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the present position regarding a sheep headage payment for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford.
Payment of sheep headage grants under the disadvantaged areas scheme will be considered when the person named who rents but does not own land, satisfies my Department that he is in a position to honour the undertaking that he will continue farming activities in a designated area for at least five years. Grants under the ewe premium scheme will, however, be paid to him shortly.
100.
asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the present position regarding payment to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in respect of approximately 20 suckler cows claimed for in 1986.
The person named has an off-farm income and has been requested to produce his income tax assessment for tax year ended 5 April 1986 to establish whether his farm income is greater than his off-farm income. When he does so, the question of the payment of grants under the 1986 suckler cow scheme which is confined to full time farmers will be considered further.