Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2015
248. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused payment under the 2014 area-based compensatory allowances scheme. [3307/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraAn application under the 2014 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 1 April 2014. Following the processing of this application issues relating to the verification of compliance with the minimum stocking density were identified.
Under 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, there are two criteria to be satisfied in relation to those applicants availing of equines to meet the minimum stocking density requirement. First, the holding itself must meet the definition of an Equine Breeding Enterprise and second, horses, in order to be taken into 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 and recorded as in the ownership of the applicant.
The person named submitted seven equine passports to my Department, of which two met the Scheme requirements. Of the remaining five equine passports; three were in respect of mares over the age of five of which there were no foals recorded in years 2011, 2012 and or 2013. The remaining two equine passports submitted, none of which were recorded as in the ownership of the person named, in addition to both being over the age of five of which there were no foals recorded in years 2011, 2012 and or 2013. Therefore, as the requirements of the Scheme were not met, no payment is due to the person named under the 2014 Scheme.
