Michael Ring
Ceist:114 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a 1997 extensification payment and 1998 sheep and cattle headage grants. [25386/98]
Written Answers - Grant Payments.
The person named declared a forage area of 14.14 hectares on his 1997 area aid application form. However, one plot of land has been claimed by two herdowners and the person named has been contacted in writing. When a reply is received the processing of his 1997 extensification will be finalised.
Payments have already issued to the person named in respect of 1998 ewe premium and cattle headage.
Michael Ring
Ceist:115 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1998 cattle and sheep headage grants. [25388/98]
The area aid application for the person named has been processed. Any outstanding payments will issue as soon as possible.
Michael Ring
Ceist:116 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1998 cattle and sheep headage grants. [25389/98]
The area aid application for the person named has been processed. Any outstanding payments will issue as soon as possible.
Michael Ring
Ceist:117 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1998 cattle and sheep headage grants. [25390/98]
Difficulties have arisen in processing the area aid application of the person named and the person is being contacted. When these have been resolved, any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
Michael Ring
Ceist:118 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1998 cattle and sheep headage grants. [25391/98]
Difficulties have arisen in processing the area aid application of the person named and the person is being contacted. When these have been resolved, any payments due will issue as soon as possible.
John Perry
Ceist:119 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if area aid problems will be resolved for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if 1998 cattle headage payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/98]
The area aid application for the person named has been processed. Any outstanding payments will issue as soon as possible.
Cecilia Keaveney
Ceist:120 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25408/98]
This person's application includes commonage land. The revised REP scheme requires that a framework plan be drawn up for each commonage 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.
In the meantime, as I announced recently, interim arrangements have been agreed between my Department and the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands to put a national commonage framework plan in place pending the completion of individual commonage framework plans. This means that the farmers concerned who are already in REPS or who join, on the basis of the national framework plan, can avail of the higher rates of compensation of £80 per acre for the first 100 acres with additional payments for the next 200 acres. Plans prepared under the national framework plan will be reviewed when the individual commonage framework plans are available.
It has been necessary to revise the scheme document and the agri—environmental specifications to take account of the new measure. This, along with application forms, will be available from my Department's farm development services offices shortly.