John McGuinness
Ceist:1456. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if outstanding payments are due to a person (details supplied) under the tuberculosis eradication scheme. [22256/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 8 September 2020
Ceisteanna (1456)
Freagraí scríofa
I can confirm that there are no outstanding payments due to the herdowner in question. .
TB compensation payments were made to this herd as a result of a breakdown up to April 2009 (i.e. Reactor, Income Supplement and Hardship payments). All further payments including reactor compensation as well as four instalments of monthly Income Supplement (May to August 2009) were withheld and marked for non-payment.
This was after the herdowner was made ineligible for compensation following prosecution by my Department. The case concluded on 1st July 2011, with the herdowner pleading guilty to breaches of the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order 1989 including of article 7(1) requiring that a herdowner not introduce into the body of an animal any substance for the purposes of affecting the accuracy of the TB test.
This herd was subsequently destocked by order of the court and made dormant on 02/04/2015.