Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23730/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Knowledge Transfer (KT) is one of a suite of measures included under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and involves the formation of knowledge transfer groups across the beef, dairy, equine, sheep, tillage and poultry sectors.

Participants attend group meetings and produce a Farm Improvement Plan in consultation with their KT Facilitator. For each year of the three year programme participants receive a payment of €750 for a primary sector and €375 for a secondary sector where all requirements of the programme have been met.

The person named is a participant in the Knowledge Transfer Beef Programme. Reimbursement for actions completed in Year 1 of  the programme has, as required under the governing EU regulations, recently issued via his Knowledge Transfer  Facilitator. This reimbursement includes a reduction  to reflect non-completion of the Animal Health Measure (AHM) requirement of the Programme. His Knowledge Transfer Facilitator has confirmed the transfer of this reimbursement to the person named on 25/05/2018.