Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 494: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a suckler welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31405/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named registered twenty eight animals under the 2010 Suckler Welfare Scheme.

Payment has already issued for eleven of the animals and a further one has been approved for payment, which will issue in the near future. Information is outstanding for four animals and these cannot be further processed until this information has been received and found to be in order. The twenty eight animals included a set of twins. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme payment will only be made for one of the twins.

The remaining eleven animals have been rejected from the scheme for non-compliance with the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme. The person named was informed and also advised his right to seek a review of the decision. Following this review, the decision was upheld and the applicant was notified in writing of the outcome of the review on 17 October 2011. It is open to the applicant to appeal the decision to the Agriculture Appeals Unit.