Written answers

Tuesday, 23 November 2004

Department of Agriculture and Food

Grant Payments

10:00 pm

Photo of Billy TimminsBilly Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position with regard to a suckler cow payment 2003 for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this can be made as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29748/04]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named is the husband of the registered herd owner. The registered herd owner applied on 20 animals under the 2003 suckler cow premium scheme on 14 February 2003 and has been paid her full entitlement under this scheme. The 80% advance payment, amounting to €3,586.40, issued to her on 20 October 2003 and the 20% balance payment of €896.60 issued to her on 1 April 2004.

The registered herd owner applied on 20 animals under the 2004 suckler cow premium scheme on 12 March 2004. Following an inspection of the herd on 9 July 2004 the application was cross-checked against the cattle movement monitoring system database where it was found that one of the animals applied on, tag number FBA799023, moved out of the herd on 5 May 2004. Paragraph 21 of the terms and conditions governing the 2004 suckler cow premium scheme provides that animals may be classified as acceptable replacements provided that replacement takes place within 20 days. In this instance, the replacement animal, tag number PWCD0086E, moved into the herd on 9 June 2004. My Department wrote to the registered herd owner on 17 November 2004 advising that animal tag number FBA799023 was rejected from her application as it had not been replaced within the required 20 day period and that the premium due on her remaining eligible animals would be subject to a reduction penalty to be calculated at the end of the scheme year. She was also advised that she could seek a review of this decision by writing to my Department within seven days and supplying any information that she believed would help her case. Processing of her 2004 suckler cow premium scheme application will be finalised on receipt of her response.

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