Jim Higgins
Ceist:194 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. [23022/98]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
Difficulties have arisen in processing the area aid application of the person named. When these have been resolved, any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
Jimmy Deenihan
Ceist:195 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when suckler cow grants will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23023/98]
Difficulties have arisen in processing the area aid application. The person concerned has been contacted. When the difficulties have been resolved, any payments in this case due will issue as soon as possible.
John Perry
Ceist:196 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if area aid problems will be resolved for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo in view of the fact that he has the necessary paperwork lodged; if payments will be made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23024/98]
The area aid application of the person concerned has been processed and any payment due will issue as soon as possible.
Cecilia Keaveney
Ceist:199 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to a REP scheme payment for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [23034/98]
The person's REPS application includes commonage land and the revised REP scheme requires that a framework plan be drawn up for each commonage. The preparation of the framework plan will be carried out under the supervision of my Department and the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. It will take some time before framework plans will be available for all commonages.
Details of an interim national framework plan have been drawn up to enable farmers with commonage to participate in REPS, pending the implementation of commonage framework plans. Under these new arrangements this application can now be processed with a view to making an early payment.
The new payment rates in REPS are as follows: £80 per acre for the first 100 acres; £8 per acre between 101 and 200 acres; and, £6 per acre between 201 and 300 acres.
For the average existing REPS 80 acre farmer in a NHA, this will mean an increase in the annual payment from £4,960 to £6,400. The maximum NHA payment increases from £6,200 per annum to £9,400.
P. J. Sheehan
Ceist:200 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have his area aid file corrected and cereal aid and cattle grants paid to him. [23035/98]
The applicant has been paid cereal aid. Difficulties have arisen in the processing of the forage element of his area aid application. When these have been resolved, any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
P. J. Sheehan
Ceist:201 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have his area aid file cleared and cattle headage, suckler cow and sheep headage grants paid to him. [23036/98]
The area aid application of the person named has been processed and any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
Ulick Burke
Ceist:202 Mr. U. Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when headage suckler cow and area aid grants will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that corrected maps have been submitted; and the reason for the delay in this regard. [23037/98]
The area aid application has been fully processed in this case and any payments due are expected to be issued shortly.
Jimmy Deenihan
Ceist:203 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when sheep headage payments will be made to a person (details supplied) County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23039/98]
Difficulties have arisen in processing the area aid application of the person named. When these have been resolved, any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
Michael Finucane
Ceist:204 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when outstanding payments will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact his area aid form has been submitted. [23044/98]
The area aid application of the person concerned has been processed and any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
Michael Ring
Ceist:206 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1998 cattle headage and suckler cow payments. [23056/98]
The area aid application of the person concerned has been processed and any payment due will issue as soon as possible.
Michael Ring
Ceist:207 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1998 cattle headage and suckler cow grants. [23057/98]
The person named was found to have overclaimed the area of her holding in 1998 by over 20 per cent. Under EU regulations, the penalty for this overclaim is the withholding of all area aid based payments in 1998 and consequently cattle headage and suckler cow grants are not payable to the person named in 1998. She is being notified in this regard.
Michael Ring
Ceist:208 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1998 headage and premia payments. [23058/98]
Difficulties have arisen in processing the area aid application of the person named. When these have been resolved, any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
John Browne
Ceist:209 Mr. Browne (Wexford) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a 1998 ten month premium will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [23087/98]
The area aid application for the person named has been processed and any payment due will issue as soon as possible.
John Browne
Ceist:210 Mr. Browne (Wexford) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will have his area aid file cleared for payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23088/98]
A problem has arisen in relation to a parcel of commonage claimed by the person named. The area aid unit has written to him informing him of the problem and once a reply is received his application will be reviewed.