Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when advance areas of natural constraint and basic scheme payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40142/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2018 Basic Payments (BPS) and Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Schemes was received from the person named on 15 May 2018.

Payment under the ANC scheme issued to the nominated bank account of the person named on 28 September 2018.

Advance payment under the Basic Payments Scheme are scheduled to commence on 16 October 2018 in respect of all cases that have been cleared for payment at that stage.

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when advance areas of natural constraint and basic scheme payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40169/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2018 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme was received from the person named on 26 March 2018.

Under 2018 Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme, all eligible applicants are required to have met a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units for a retention period of seven consecutive months, in addition to maintaining an annual average of 0.15 livestock units calculated over the twelve months of the scheme year. Stocking density can be satisfied by cattle, sheep, goats, deer and equines.

While the holding of the person named has been confirmed as having satisfied the seven month retention period, it has not as yet satisfied the annual average requirement. Cases such as this are reviewed regularly and as soon as it is confirmed that this applicant has met these requirements, the case will be further processed, with a view to payment issuing at the earliest possible date thereafter, provided all other Scheme requirements have been satisfied.