Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 June 2015
115. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the beef genomics scheme for 2013 and 2014 will be reviewed and paid; if the full circumstances of the case will be examined, as they are exceptional; and if he will expedite the matter. [25579/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person named registered 65 animals under the 2013 Beef Data Programme. Of these, 58 animals were not registered within the legally required timeframe. Therefore, they are not eligible for payment. The data required under the Programme for the other 7 animals was also not submitted by the deadline set in the Terms and Conditions of the Programme, which means that they are not eligible for payment. A total of 77 animals have been registered under the 2014 Beef Data Programme. Payment will shortly be made to eligible applicants subject to compliance with the Terms and Conditions of the Programme. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Beef Genomics Programme, participants are required to remove or retest animals found to be persistently infected with BVD within seven weeks of a positive test. The initial test result of one of the animals of the person named indicated that this animal was persistently infected with BVD. This calf was not removed from the herd or re-tested for BVD for 30 weeks and so the person named is not eligible for payment under this Programme. It is open to the person named to seek a review of the decisions in his case. If he wishes to do so he should write to the Beef Schemes Section, Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, Government Buildings, Portlaoise, Co. Laois outlining the reasons for the non-compliances and submit any supporting documentation that might be relevant to his case.
