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Poultry Industry

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 July 2020

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

Ceisteanna (541)

Brendan Smith

Ceist:

541. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a commitment made by his Department to provide a compensation payment to farmers (details supplied) will be honoured without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17424/20]

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Freagraí scríofa

While no legal basis exists for a mandatory compensation scheme under EU legislation in respect of the particular subtype of the disease identified, a once-off financial support scheme has been established. Any of these affected flock owners are eligible to apply and subject to meeting the criteria as laid down in the terms and conditions for this one scheme will receive ex gratia payments at a maximum rate of €10,000 per flock owner.

The scheme received a budget allocation of €140,000 and payment amounts were determined by the number of eligible applicants i.e. affected flocks. There was no change to the overall budget allocation. It was not possible for my Department to indicate the level of compensation per flock until the extent of the outbreak was known, as soon as this information was available my Department published the details of the scheme.

Terms and conditions, including application forms are available on my Department's website and applications for the above referenced flock owners will be accepted until the deadline of 31 July 2020.

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