Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 518: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason it is taking over eighteen months to identify if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is due payments under the special beef premium scheme for 2001 and 2003, the suckler cow premium for 2001, the slaughter premium for 2002 and the extensification premium for 2001 and 2003. [12440/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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This case was the subject of a protracted investigation by officials of my Department, the conclusion of which was that the herd of the person named and that of his son were intermixed, that serious breaches of the animal identification system had been perpetrated and that the identities of significant numbers of animals could not be confirmed. As indicated in response to various previous enquiries about this case, as a result of the investigation conducted, the records of the animals from the herd number of the person named, submitted under the 2001 and 2003 Special Beef Premium Schemes, the 2001 Suckler Cow Premium Scheme, the 2002 Slaughter Premium Scheme and the Extensification Premium Schemes for 2001 and 2003, required to be examined with a view to identifying what animals, if any, might be eligible for payment. Eligibility under these Schemes required, inter alia, that the animals concerned comply with the relevant identification and registration requirements. This examination has now been completed and the person named is being written to formally, outlining the results of these enquiries. The person named will be entitled to appeal this decision, should he be dissatisfied with the outcome.