John Perry
Ceist:290 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an area aid payment will be released to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15948/02]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
The 2002 area aid application of the person named has been fully processed with an area determined for payment purposes of 11.33 hectares.
The person named was paid €1134.01 under the 2002 area-based compensatory allowance scheme on 23 September 2002 in respect of 11.33 hectares of mountain land – 10 hectares at €101.58 per hectare and 1.33 hectares at €88.88 per hectare. This compares with his average headage payment of €736.69 under the old animal-based headage schemes in the three years 1998 to 2000 inclusive.
John Perry
Ceist:291 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an installation aid payment will be released to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15949/02]
The application concerned is currently being processed in the relevant local office of my Department. If the application is found to be in order, payment will be made as soon as possible.