Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27663/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose case was impacted by the requirement of a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare and who applied for and was refused derogation in this regard. The person named subsequently availed of the option to appeal to the independently chaired DAS Appeals Committee; that appeal was unsuccessful. The appellant was notified accordingly by letter dated 9 January 2013 and advised of his right to pursue the matter with the Office of the Ombudsman.

However, in light of the particular circumstances referred to, I have arranged for my Department to make further direct contact with the person named so that the matter can be further examined.