Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 February 2010
181 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment under the suckler cow welfare scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9698/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person named has twenty animals for consideration under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Seventeen animals have been fully processed and payment for these animals will issue shortly. Queries have arisen in the case of the remaining three animals, and the applicant will be written to by my Department with a view to having the queries resolved.
182 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2009 cow welfare scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9700/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person named has 29 animals for consideration under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. Twenty-three animals have been cleared for payment, with each animal being weaned on 15 October 2009. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme, abrupt weaning of all animals at the one time in herds with more than ten suckler cows is not permitted. Instead, a graduated weaning procedure must be followed. This means that calves must be weaned in at least two separate groups, with each group being removed at a minimum interval of five days. There are three animals for which a weaning date has not yet been recorded.
Payment for the cleared animals will not issue until at least one of the other three animals is recorded with a separate weaning date. Queries have also arisen in the case of the remaining six animals; the applicant will be written to by my Department with a view to having these queries resolved.
