Vol. 552 No. 1
198 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the reason for the delay in the payment of grant aid under the scheme of investment aid for farm waste management and scheme of investment aid for the improvement of dairy hygiene standards by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [11713/02]
Payment under both schemes mentioned will issue to the person named within the next few weeks.
199 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a REP scheme payment. [11714/02]
The IMPACT union had withdrawn its co-operation in respect of the processing of all REP scheme applications in all FDS offices throughout the country on the basis that a satisfactory solution to the implementation of the recommendations of a report carried out by the management services division of my Department on the staffing in the technical agricultural officer grades of the farm development service areas had not been finalised.
I am pleased to say that the industrial action has been suspended from this morning. This suspension allows the Labour Relations Commission to intervene in the matter.
200 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment as a result of an extensification application. [11733/02]
On 5 June 2001, the person named was paid a sum of €363.00 in respect of extensification premium for the year 2000. Under the terms of the protocol on direct payments to farmers, payment of extensification premium for 2001 is not scheduled to commence until June.
