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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 13 May 2003

Vol. 566 No. 3

Written Answers. - Grant Payments.

Seymour Crawford

Ceist:

214 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will consider the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan in view of the fact that it was difficult to sell animals during that year and overstocking occurred due to the foot and mouth disease crisis; and if extensification will be made payable to this person. [12921/03]

The person named participated in the 2001 extensification premium opting for the census system.

Based on the animal number declarations made by the person named on his CEN.1 and 2 forms at all five census dates, the stocking density of his holding for 2001 was 2.298 livestock units per hectare. Due to foot and mouth disease control measures that were in place during the early part of 2001 the EU Commission Regulation 1900/2000 provided for an across the board application of a 0.8 co-efficient to the livestock unit value of the animals declared by herd owners in respect of the first and second census dates in 2001. When the co-efficient was applied to the livestock unit value of the animals declared by the person named at the first two census dates it reduced the stocking density to 2.1044 livestock units per hectare. This was still in excess of the 2.0 livestock unit per hectare limit that would enable my Department to pay extensification premium in this case.

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