Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 November 2009
409 Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to ensure that the single farm payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39997/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraAn application under the Single Payment Scheme / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2009. This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and full cross-compliance inspection. The inspection is completed and the application has now been fully processed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the 70% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme will issue this week.
410 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not received payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40049/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraAn application under the 2009 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2009. The Terms and Conditions governing the Scheme require, inter alia, that applicants maintain a minimum stocking density on their holding of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare declared, for at least three consecutive months, during the calendar year of application. However, where the holding of an applicant is identified as not meeting this minimum requirement, the person in question is invited to submit evidence of satisfactory stocking i.e. Flock Register, Horse Passports or details of a REPS or Commonage Framework Plan, which provides for a lower stocking level.
The person named was written to on 31 July 2009 and invited to submit appropriate evidence of the numbers of livestock maintained on his farm, as Department records currently do not show the person named as having yet achieved the minimum stocking density. On receipt of a satisfactory response from the person named, the application will be further processed with a view to payment at an early date.
411 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) will be awarded a REP scheme payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40065/09]
Amharc ar fhreagraREPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007– 2013 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications, including plan checks, to be completed before the first 2009 payments issue. Processing of applications, including the application from the person named, has commenced to facilitate the release of payments at the earliest possible date.
