Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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1393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in respect of a payment to be made under the knowledge transfer discussion group. [41659/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named was registered under the Knowledge Transfer Beef Programme to the Fermoy/Mitchelstown KT Group. He was deemed ineligible as he did not meet the scheme requirement of two beef breed animals in his herd in 2015. 

An appeal was subsequently lodged on the grounds that the person named is a new entrant having received his herdnumber in 2015. However, this appeal was rejected as the person named did not have the required stocking level on the closing date for the scheme and could not therefore avail of provisions for new  entrants under the Knowledge Transfer Programme.

Payments under the Knowledge Transfer Programme will  commence in June 2017 at the end of year 1.