Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in headage payments for 2015 being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44507/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme/Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 26 May 2015. Under the 2015 ANC Scheme, eligible applicants are required to have met a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of seven consecutive months and to maintain an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the twelve months of the scheme year. Payment under the ANC scheme has not issued in this case as, at this stage, the holding concerned has not satisfied the scheme’s minimum stocking density requirements. An official from my Department has been in direct contact with the person named to advise him of the outstanding issues. I understand that further documentation in relation to this issue is now to be forwarded to the Department. On receipt of this documentation, the application will be further reviewed.

Under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme, a commonage parcel claimed by the person named has been over claimed. The commonage evidence supplied by all applicants of this commonage parcel is currently being examined. On completion of this exercise, appropriate payments will issue to the nominated bank accounts of all the herd owners concerned.