Animal Disease Controls

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 December 2015

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Ceisteanna (74)

Denis Naughten

Ceist:

74. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who sought financial support to dispose of their persistently infected calves under the bovine viral diarrhoea eradication programme in 2014 and who have yet to receive payment; the number of farmers involved in dairy and suckler herds and the values involved, respectively; the current time delay in issuing payment and the reason; the corresponding figures for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43119/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Approximately 2,750 applications were received for beef born animals, and 490 applications were received for dairy born animals under the 2014 BVD Compensation Programme.

Following validation, 1,645 beef applicants will be paid a total of approximately €2 90,000, while a further 75 dairy applicants will be paid approximately €12,000 in total. These payments will issue shortly.

The closing date for the 2015 BVD Compensation application period is Friday 4 March 2016. It is not possible to provide comparable figures until all applications have been received and processed.