John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their animal welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named registered twelve animals for the 2011 Suckler Scheme. However, the information required under this Scheme was only received for one of these animals and payment will issue in respect of this animal as soon as possible. As the required information was not received for the other animals, they are not eligible for payment.

Sixteen animals were registered for the 2012 Suckler Scheme. Six of these animals have been cleared for payment which will issue as soon as possible. Weaning information has been also been received for a further eight animals which is being examined. One calf and its dam were sold together and as this movement contravenes the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme, this animal is ineligible for payment. No weaning information has been received to date for the remaining animal and when this information has been received this aspect can be progressed.

Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a 2012 suckler cow scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2646/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named registered seven animals under the 2012 Suckler Scheme. According to the information received from the applicant, three of these animals were sold before they were weaned and meal was not provided to the fourth animal for the required four weeks prior to weaning. Information is awaited for the remaining three animals and the matter cannot be progressed until this can be supplied.

Eleven animals were registered in the 2011 Suckler Scheme. Payment has already issued in respect of six of these animals and, issues having been resolved relating to one other animal, payment will issue in the near future. The applicant has been advised that a review sought of the decision to reject one other animal has been unsuccessful and of the right of appeal to the Agriculture Appeals Unit. Letters issued on 18 January 2013 in relation to outstanding issues concerning the remaining three animals and the matter cannot be progressed until these have been addressed.