Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40999/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The applicant in question applied under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS II. The application was rejected as the applicant was deemed to have been farming for longer than five years and therefore fell outside the eligibility conditions of the Scheme for the 60% grant rate but may remain eligible for the 40% grant rate under TAMS II.

In the letter of rejection the applicant was given the right to request a review of this decision to the TAMS Section within 10 days. No review request was received.  The Department will contact the applicant directly to inform them of the option of appealing the decision to deem the application ineligible for the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme to the Agriculture Appeals Office.