Brian Walsh (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to an application for single farm payment or disadvantaged area payment schemes in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, taking into account that new regulations were introduced mid-year while applications had already been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22824/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As the person named does not hold any Single Payment Entitlements, no payment is due under the Single Payment Scheme.

With regard to the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, the person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Scheme, whose cases were impacted by the requirement to have achieved a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare on their holding in 2011, and who applied for and were granted derogation in this regard. However, while the holding was confirmed as having satisfied the six-month minimum stocking requirement, it did not, on the basis of the information available, satisfy the twelve-month average.

Therefore, as of now, no payment is due. However, should the applicant be in a position to provide satisfactory evidence of compliance with this latter requirement, the case will be further examined.