Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of areas of natural constraint scheme payments for a person (details supplied). [29639/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme was received by my Department from the person named on 24 April 2016.

Under the 2016 ANC Scheme, eligible applicants are required to meet 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 annual average stocking density requirement. An official from my Department has been in direct contact with the person named to advise of the outstanding issues and further documentation in relation to same is now to be forwarded to my Department. On receipt of this documentation, the application in question will be further reviewed.