Written answers
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility
Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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966. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46998/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Applicants under the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme are required to maintain a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a minimum retention period of seven consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the 12 months of the scheme year. Livestock must be owned, possessed, held and maintained by the person named in order to meet the minimum stocking level. While the person named had livestock on the holding they were only retained for six months. As a result the person named does not qualify for payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.
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