John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments under the beef scheme for 2014 will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7835/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application to join the 2014 Beef Genomics Scheme (BGS) on the 20 March 2014 and registered fifty nine calves under the Scheme. Eligibility has been established for fifty six of these animals.

The other three animals are not eligible for payment. Payment is only made in respect of one of each set of twins and as two sets of twins were born in the herd that year two of these animals are not eligible for payment. The third ineligible animal was not registered with in the legislative timeframe.

As there had also been an outstanding issue in relation to compliance with Bovine Viral Diarrhoea regulations, payment had not issued on the eligible animals to this point. This matter has now been resolved and payment will issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the person named in respect of the fifty six eligible animals.