Vol. 571 No. 4
211 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the 2002 extensification and 2003 area based payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22211/03]
The person named was paid his full entitlement under the 2003 area-based compensatory allowance scheme on 30 September 2003. The person named participated in 2002 extensification premium opting for the census system for the purposes of determining eligibility.
Under the relevant EU regulation, extensification premium cannot be paid where the stocking density of the holding is greater than 1.8 livestock units per hectare. Based on the numbers of bovine animals over the age of six months declared by the person named as being present on his holding at each of the five census dates, the stocking density of the holding was found to have been 1.9157 livestock units per hectare. A cross-check against the CMMS animal database had also shown the stocking density to have been 1.9157 livestock units per hectare.
In July last, a letter was sent to the person named informing him that since the stocking density of his holding was greater than 1.8 livestock units per hectare, he could not be considered for payment of 2002 extensification premium.
212 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on an application for an area based payment in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22212/03]
The person named included a land parcel on her 2003 area aid application in respect of which an overclaim was determined. The area aid unit wrote to her in this regard but the person named has not responded to my Department's letter. Until this matter is resolved, her area aid application cannot be fully processed and no area related payments can issue.
