Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 November 2012
551. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49991/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraWhile an application under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2012, payment has not issued as the conditions of the Scheme have not been satisfied, at this stage. Although passports have been submitted, as the equines do not meet the Scheme criteria set out below, no payment is due.
To meet the eligibility conditions of the Scheme in this context, an applicant must, in the first instance be an equine breeder and have bred a foal, from a mare registered as on the applicant’s holding in 2011, in either 2009, 2010 or 2011, which was registered in a Stud Book approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with pedigree recorded (sire and dam).
Where this criterion is met, the following equines will then be eligible for inclusion in the stocking density calculation for the 2012 Scheme: all equines aged one year to five years, (aged using 1 January), registered in the name of the applicant and maintained on his/her holding; breeding mares, registered as having been on the applicant’s holding in 2011, that have bred an appropriately registered foal in 2009, 2010 or 2011.
