Written answers

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a payment under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6360/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012, 2013 and 2014 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases were impacted by the requirement to have had 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. Following previous enquiries, an official from my Department arranged for the reissue of the derogation application to the person named. To date, my Department has no record of receiving a completed derogation application from the person named in this case.

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