Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for the suckler cow welfare scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19516/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named registered 77 animals in the Suckler Welfare Scheme in 2011 and payment amounting to €2,050 issued in respect of 50 of these animals on 15 December 2011. Eligibility of a further 18 animals has since been established and payment will issue as soon as possible. My Department is in the course of contacting the applicant to outline the position in relation to the remaining animals. 67 animals were registered in the Scheme in 2012. 47 animals have been approved for payment which will issue shortly, including 1 animal of a set of twins. A letter has issued to the applicant on 23 April 2013 in relation to an error identified with 1 of the remaining animals. Details to be supplied by the applicant of the measures required under the Scheme in respect of the remaining 18 animals, including another set of twins, remain outstanding.