Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of suckler calf premium will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39621/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named registered twelve beef breed calves during 2011, payment in respect of eight of these calves is currently being processed. The remaining four animals are deemed ineligible as three were sold before the required measures were completed, and one was rejected during an on farm inspection.

The person named registered thirteen beef breed animals under the 2012 Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme. Payment issued in respect of eight of these animals on 18^th September 2013. The remaining five animals were deemed ineligible as two were sold before the Scheme's measures were completed. The required information has not been submitted within the prescribed timeframe for a further two animals and the last animal is a twin and, therefore, not eligible for payment. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Suckler Cow Welfare Scheme, one payment is made where the cow gives birth to twins.