Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when suckler cow payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17891/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The above named person registered nineteen calves for this scheme in 2009.

It is a condition of the Suckler Welfare Scheme that for herds of more than ten animals that a graduated weaning practice be implemented. The animals must be weaned in at least two separate groups with each group being removed at a minimal interval of at least five days.

To date payment has not issued to this applicant as sixteen of the calves have been weaned on the same date. Two animals remain to be weaned. One further animal was sold without any of the measures having been carried out and so has been rejected for payment and a penalty may be applied to the payment for the remaining animals.

When the information relating to the two animals still to be weaned has been received, the application will be reviewed by my Department and if the conditions of the Scheme were adhered to, by the person named, payment will issue in respect of the remaining animals subject to any penalty that may be applied for the early disposal of one of the animals.

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18040/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. Applications under this Scheme have been processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016.

As the funding made available for the Scheme has been allocated to the eligible applications received up to 21 October 2007, there are no plans to re-commence processing of the applications received between 22-31 October 2007.