Michael Ring
Ceist:235 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be paid the disadvantaged area scheme payment. [43335/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 17 November 2010
Ceisteanna (201, 202, 203)
Michael Ring
Ceist:236 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be paid under the single payment scheme. [43336/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 and 236 together.
An application under the single payment scheme/disadvantaged areas scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2010. The advance of the single payment issued on 3 November 2010. I can confirm that payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue shortly. Payment had not issued prior to now as the compliance of the person named with the minimum stocking density requirement of the scheme was only recently confirmed.
Michael Ring
Ceist:237 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be paid the disadvantaged area scheme payment. [43338/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraAn application under the single payment scheme/disadvantaged areas scheme was received from the person named on the 27 April 2010.
This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and animal identification inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed.
Under EU regulations governing the disadvantaged areas scheme and the single payment scheme, all ground eligibility inspections must be completed before any payment can issue to any applicant under either scheme, including those not selected for a ground eligibility inspection.
In the vast majority of cases that were inspected amendments have had to be made to the maps in order that the land parcel identification system that is used for making payments to farmers is kept up-to-date. Processing of these changes is continuing with priority being given to applications that were the subject of a ground eligibility inspection.