Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of grant aid for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3519/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person-named applied and was approved for grant aid for creep feeders under the Sheep Handling Scheme in June 2014. All such works had to be completed and any claims for payment submitted before end-August 2015. No such claim was received from the person-named. My Department did attempt to ring him using the mobile number supplied by him with his application to remind him of the closing date but the number supplied appears to be incorrect. However, a text message from the Department’s central SMS facility was successfully delivered to a second number registered to the person-named, advising of the impending closing date for the scheme.