I propose to take Parliamentary Questions No. 164 and No. 165 together.
Payment to the amount of €25.97 for slaughter premium 2000 and €18.74 for national envelope 2000 in respect of one animal slaughtered on 18 August 2000, will be issued within the next week. The delay in payment in this case was due to an outstanding query on the movement of the animal into the herd which has been recently resolved with reference to herd testing data. Under the 2001 suckler cow premium scheme an application in respect of 32 animals was submitted on 18 January 2001. Payment of the 80% advance, amounting to €5,244.45, issued on 24 October 2001.