Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of suckler calf premium will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5603/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named registered 18 animals for the 2012 Suckler Welfare Scheme.

Under the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme, for herds of more than ten cows, animals must be weaned in at least two groups with an interval of at least five days between the removal of the first and last group. While payments generally for 2012 born animals commenced in December 2012, insufficient data was received in this case to enable payment to issue. Further data have now been received which, if found to address the outstanding issues, will enable the claim to be progressed and facilitate payment.