Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 January 2013
208. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste (Disadvantaged Area Based Scheme) do 2012 le feirmeoir (sonraí leis seo); agus cén fáth go bhfuil moill leis an íocaíocht seo. [3197/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraPayment under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme has not issued to the person named as the holding of the person named has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements. While the holding concerned is subject to a current agri-environmental plan, that plan does not restrict the holding to a stocking density of less than 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare.
However, while it is noted that the person named previously had equines on his holding, my Department has no details of any equines that may have been on the holding during 2012. My Department will make direct contact with the applicant to clarify this aspect. There are, however, two criteria to be satisfied in relation to horses. First, the holding itself must meet the definition of an Equine Breeding Enterprise and second, horses, in order to be taken account for stocking density purposes, must be aged one to five years and, where older, must be a breeding mare for the purposes of the Scheme.
