Beverley Flynn
Ceist:326 Deputy Beverley Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received his or her suckler cow premium. [14101/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 7 April 2009
Ceisteanna (326, 327)
Freagraí scríofa
The person named had 6 animals for consideration under the 2008 Suckler Welfare Scheme. It is a condition of the scheme that calves must be at least 10 weeks of age before they can be sold. As each of the 6 calves was sold at less than 10 weeks of age, they will not qualify under the scheme.
Tom Sheahan
Ceist:327 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive his or her REPS 4 payment in view of the fact that his or her REPS 3 finished in 2007 and he or she has received no payment since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14104/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraREPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks. Further payments continue to be made as applications are cleared.
Queries have arisen during the administrative checks on the plan of the person named and it is currently under further examination.