Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is not receiving their disadvantaged area payment in view of the fact that they have breeding mares on their farm. [48769/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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While the person named applied for derogation under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas scheme, the application was unsuccessful. In the derogation application, documentation was submitted in relation to additional horses on the holding in 2011, over and above those previously notified to my Department; however, even when these are taken into account, the stocking density of the holding in 2011 remains below the minimum required of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare. On this basis, the derogation application was not accepted.

The applicant was notified of this decision in writing and advised of the right of appeal to the recently established independent DAS Appeals Committee.