Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the payments for the suckler grant 2013 will be paid; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10407/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payment under the Beef Data Programme cannot be made until all of the data required has been received. It is anticipated that complete data will have been received from most participants by the end of March and so payments will commence in late May 2013 to those farmers who have met all of the Scheme requirements.