Liam Aylward
Ceist:180 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will have arrangements made for payment under the REP scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [22193/97]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
The person concerned applied for a second year payment under the REP scheme on 21 November 1997 and has been selected for a check to ensure compliance with the terms of the agri-environmental plan. This will be carried out as soon as possible and if everything is found to be in order payment will issue shortly thereafter.
Jim Higgins
Ceist:181 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay of a headage grant payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22195/97]
The following payment has now issued to the person named: £788.60 in respect of 1997 cattle headage application.
Jim Higgins
Ceist:182 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in a headage payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22220/97]
The person named declared his forage area as 2.93 hectares in his 1997 area aid application. Clause 9 of the terms and conditions governing the 1997 cattle headage scheme requires that the schemes are open to registered herd owners who occupy and farm at least 3 hectares (7.5 acres) of utilised agricultural land. Accordingly, as the person named has not sufficient forage area, he is not eligible for grants under the headage schemes.
Jim Higgins
Ceist:183 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in a headage payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22221/97]
The following payment has now issued to the person named: £1,653 in respect of 1997 cattle headage application.
Jim Higgins
Ceist:184 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in the payment of an area aid grant to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has evidence of his date posting the application in this regard. [22222/97]
There is no record in my Department of receiving an area aid application from the person named. The final date for receipt of applications was 9 June 1997, with late penalties applying to applications received between the closing date of 15 May and 9 June. Applications cannot be accepted as valid after 9 June 1997. A certificate of postage dated 11 July 1997 cannot be accepted as proof of submitting a valid area aid application.
Jim Higgins
Ceist:185 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in turning down an application for area aid in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22223/97]
The area aid application of the person concerned was randomly selected for inspection in accordance with EU regulations and has now been cleared. Payment of his 1997 cattle headage will issue within the next week.
Jim Higgins
Ceist:186 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in a headage payment to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22224/97]
The following payments have now issued to the person named: £117.17 in respect of 1997 sheep headage application; £1,260 in respect of 1997 cattle headage application.
Jim Higgins
Ceist:187 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when headage grants will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22225/97]
The following payment has now issued to the person named: £894.20 in respect of 1997 cattle headage application.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:188 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the suckler cow and the ten month beef premium grants will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact that the amended map following the field inspection has been forwarded to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22269/97]
The following payments have now issued to the person named: £2,187.58 in respect of 1997 suckler cow premium application; £757.42 in respect of 1997 ten month special beef premium application.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:189 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a ten month beef premium grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22270/97]
The ten month special beef application of the person named was selected for inspection and is currently being processed for payment.
Provided that everything is in order, it is expected that payment will issued within the next week.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:190 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an installation grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22271/97]
The applicant has is this case been requested to furnish a folio map. Until this is received the application cannot be processed further.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:191 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an installation grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22272/97]
As it is not possible to assess the labour requirement of the applicant's holding until the end of the first full production year, 1997, payment in this case cannot be made until early 1998.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:192 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a farm retirement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22273/97]
The application in this case has been approved and payment of the pension will be made shortly, retrospective to 21 March 1997.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:193 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a farm retirement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22274/97]
The application in this case has been approved and payment of the pension will be made shortly retrospective to 25 April 1997.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:194 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a farm retirement grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22275/97]
The application in this case is not complete and additional documentation has been requested. This application cannot be processed further until this has been received.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:195 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when headage grants will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22276/97]
These applications have now been processed and payments will issue before Christmas.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:196 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a headage grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22277/97]
The person named will be paid his full entitlement under the 1997 cattle headage scheme within the next week.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:197 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current status of the application for an installation grant for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22278/97]
The application in the case was returned to the applicant in September as it was found to be incomplete. It was recently submitted again. However, a deed of transfer is required before it can be processed further.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:198 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an installation grant will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [22279/97]
The application in this case is currently being processed. However, as it is not possible to assess the labour requirement of the applicant's holding until the end of the first full production year, 1997, payment cannot be made until 1998.
Jimmy Deenihan
Ceist:199 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be paid his early farm retirement grant. [22287/97]
The application in this case has been approved and payment of the pension will be made shortly, retrospective to 10 November 1997.
Paul McGrath
Ceist:200 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has difficulties getting his suckler cow payment for the past three years in spite of the fact that his area aid has remained the same for this period. [22318/97]
The following payments have issued to the person named under the suckler cow premium scheme in the past three years: £6,731.04, first instalment in respect of 1997, paid, 2 December 1997; £8.974.72 first instalment paid and £2,243.68, second instalment paid, 23 April 1997, in respect of 1996 and £6,561.60, first instalment paid 24 November 1995, and £4,374.40, second instalment paid 26 January 1996, in respect of 1995.
Brendan Kenneally
Ceist:201 Mr. Kenneally asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will be made in relation to an area aid application to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22340/97]
This application is still under examination by my Department. This examination will be completed shortly and payment will then issue, provided everything is in order.