Written answers
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44069/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €169 million have issued nationally, to some 80,115 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person named has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44070/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €169 million have issued nationally, to some 80,115 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person named has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44071/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced, on schedule, on 25 September and, to date, payments worth €169 million have issued nationally, to some 80,115 applicants, with payments continuing to issue on a twice weekly basis, with individual cases being paid as they are confirmed eligible. As processing of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application of the person named has recently been finalised, payment will shortly issue, directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.
Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme/area aid payment will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44078/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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While an application under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 22 April 2013, payment has not yet issued as the holding has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements.
Applicants are required to maintain 0.15 livestock units for a minimum retention period of seven consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the 12 months of the scheme year. Livestock must be owned, possessed, held and maintained by the person named in order to meet the minimum stocking level. While the person named had livestock on the holding for feeding purposes, as these animals were in the ownership of another farmer, they cannot be counted for stocking purpose on the application of the person named under the Terms and Conditions of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.
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