Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 582: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an application for a hardship grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10618/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the Hardship Grant Scheme, assistance is available from my Department to eligible herdowners who are restricted under the TB/BR Eradication Scheme during the period from the 1 November to 30 April.

An essential condition of eligibility for the scheme is that the herdowner must not be in receipt of off farm income and must not have any income from milk sales during the period to which payment refers. In this instance, since the herdowner continued to supply milk during the restriction period, he is ineligible under the scheme. The herd in question was derestricted on the 2 February 2012.