Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:65 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue payment of a road grant to a person (details supplied) in County Clare forthwith.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
This grant has been paid.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:66 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue a full cattle headage payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare forthwith.
The applicant has submitted an incomplete lease in respect of lands which he claims to have leased.
If and when a complete lease is received the question of payment of cattle headage grants will be considered further.
His 1991 special beef premium scheme grant is being processed and will issue shortly.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:67 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue payment at the full rate of a special beef premium to a person (details supplied) in County Clare.
This applicant listed on his 1991 special beef premium scheme application an animal on which special beef premium had already been paid. Since premium may be claimed only once in the lifetime of an animal the applicant is deemed to have made a false claim and, in accordance with EC regulations, cannot be paid any special beef premium for 1991. He must also be debarred from applying for grants under the scheme for 12 months from 18 October 1991, the date the false claim was discovered.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:70 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue full payment of a special beef premium to a person (details supplied) in County Clare.
This applicant has been deemed ineligible for grants under the 1991 special beef premium scheme as he failed to earpunch his animals as required by the terms and conditions of the scheme.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:71 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue full payment of a farm development grant to a person (details supplied) in County Clare forthwith.
It is hoped to have this grant paid within the next three to four weeks.
John Connor
Ceist:72 Mr. Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will outline for (a) County Roscommon and (b) County Longford (1) the number of farmers who applied for the 1991 beef premium scheme.
It is not possible to give the exact number of 1991 special beef premium scheme applications at this stage as not all files containing these and other applications have been processed. It is estimated that there are approximately 4,700 applications in County Roscommon and 2,000 applications in County Longford.
Ivan Yates
Ceist:73 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the eligibility of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford, under the beef premium scheme, will be reconsidered in view of the marginal nature of the reason for the original refusal in this case.
The person named has been deemed ineligible for payment of grants under the 1991 special beef premium scheme because he did not maintain the animals on which he applied for premium for two months or until inspection, whichever was later, as required under the terms and conditions of that scheme.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:74 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue full payment of a cattle headage grant to a person (details supplied) in County Clare.
The person named is not the registered owner of the herd number quoted. However, the 1991 cattle and equines headage scheme grant due to the registered owner of that herd number is being processed and will issue shortly.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:76 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue full payment of a sheep subsidy to a person (details supplied) in County Clare forthwith.
The person named does not qualify for payment of the 1991 ewe premium because he failed to notify my Department of the loss of three ewes within ten days of discovery of that loss as required by the terms and conditions of the scheme.
Payment of the 1991 sheep headage grant will be made to him in the near future.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:77 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue full payment of a control of farmyard pollution grant to a person (details supplied) in County Clare forthwith.
Payment of the full grant will be arranged when the farm visit fee which was recently requested from the applicant is received.
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
Ceist:78 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will issue full payment of a TB reactor grant to a person (details supplied) in County Clare forthwith.
I have been informed by the Director of ERAD that the TB reactor grant due to the person named has been paid.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:79 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will give details of all headage grants for farmers who are in both the disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The details requested are as follows:
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Scheme |
Rates |
Maxima |
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Cattle headage in more severely handicapped areas |
£70 on each beef cow in first 8 livestock units |
30 LUs/ |
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£66 on each beef cow in next 22 livestock units |
£2,012 |
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£32 on each other 1.u in first 8 livestock units |
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£28 on each other 1.u in next 22 livestock units |
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Beef cow in less severely handicapped and coastal areas with specific handicaps |
£70 on each beef cow in first 8 £66 on each beef cow in next 20 |
28 cows/ £1,880 |
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Equine headage in all handicapped areas |
£70 on each mare in first 8 £66 on each mare in next 22 |
30 mares/ £2,012 |
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Sheep/goat headage in all handicapped areas |
£9.50 on each ewe/goat in first 150 £6.50 on each ewe/goat in next 50 |
200 ewes and goats/ £1,750 |
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Suckler cow for non- suppliers of milk in entire country |
£52.73 plus 1991 supplement of £15.81 (18 ECU) = £68.54 on each suckler cow |
None |
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Suckler cow for small-scale milk producers in entire country |
£68.54 as above on each suckler cow in first 10 |
10 cows/ £685.40 |
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Special beef premium in entire country |
£35.15 on each male bovine in first 90 |
90 steers/ £3,163.50 |
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Ewe premium in entire country |
£6.75 |
1st instalment |
Full premium on first 1,000 ewes in handicapped areas and half-premium only on all remaining ewes |
None |
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£6.89 |
2nd instalment |
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£9.09 |
estimated 3rd instalment |
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£3.52 |
supplement in handicapped areas |
These are the rates which applied in 1991. The rates under the disadvantaged areas scheme will be generally increased as from 1992.