Michael Ring
Ceist:178 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the remainder of a 1998 cattle headage grant. [19167/98]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
The person named was paid his full entitlement of £450.25 under the 1998 cattle headage scheme on 1 October 1998, limited by his forage area as declared on his 1998 area aid application.
Michael Ring
Ceist:179 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a 1998 cattle headage payment. [19168/98]
The person named submitted a 1998 area aid application with a declared forage area of 2.61 hectares. EU regulations stipulate that to qualify for cattle headage, an applicant must declare a minimum of three hectares of disadvantaged land. Given that the person named did not declare the minimum required area, cattle headage is not payable in 1998.
Michael Ring
Ceist:180 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a 1998 sheep headage payment. [19169/98]
The area aid application of the person named is being processed. Payments should issue within the next four weeks.
Michael Ring
Ceist:181 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1998 sheep and cattle headage payments. [19170/98]
The area aid application of the person named has been fully processed and an overclaim has been detected. Payments based on the reduced area will issue within the next four weeks.