Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for the disadvantaged area claim for 2013 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39200/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payments under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will begin issuing, on target, tomorrow, 25 September. While there is no regulatory date by which payments must commence, it is generally recognised and indeed acknowledged in the Farmers’ Charter, that the third week in September of any given year is the earliest feasible payment date, given the volume and complexity of processing involved.

While an application under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 22 April 2013, payment will not be issuing in the initial payment runs as, at this stage, the holding of the person named has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements. Immediately the holding concerned is confirmed as having met these requirements, the case will be further processed with a view to payment at the earliest possible date thereafter.