Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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1218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for the disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38315/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Following processing of the application under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme received from the person named on 21 May 2013, it has been found that the holding of the person named has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements as detailed in the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme. Namely the person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme whose cases are impacted by the requirement to have a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare in 2011.

My Department wrote to all concerned applicants in August 2012 giving them the opportunity to seek derogation from this requirement. However, to date, my Department has no record of receiving an application for derogation in this instance. Furthermore, the holdings of eligible applicants are also required to have met a minimum stocking density in 2013 of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare for a retention period of seven consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the twelve months of the scheme year. Therefore, this case is ineligible under the 2013 Scheme, both in respect of the requirement to have achieved the minimum stocking in 2011 and also as the holding has not been confirmed as having satisfied the scheme minimum stocking density requirements.