Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been withdrawn from the suckler welfare scheme. [14118/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named registered 11 animals for the 2011 Suckler Welfare Scheme. The Terms and Conditions of the Scheme require that applicants undertake to carry out and notify to my Department the requisite measures for the full 5 year duration of this Scheme. In August 2011, applicants were informed of the requirement to notify the details of such measures within one year from the date of birth of the animal.

The onus lies with the applicant to ensure that all data is submitted within the specified timeframe. In this particular instance, all 11 animals were born between March and June 2011 and data in relation to the weaning of these animals has not been received to date.

If the applicant wishes to seek a review of the decision, he should write to the Review Officer, Suckler Welfare Scheme, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Government Offices, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, setting out the circumstances for the non-submission of the required data and provide any supporting information and evidence.