Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty decision will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1025/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) provides for six years of payments to participating farmers for completion of actions which deliver accelerated genetic improvement in the Irish national herd and improvement of its environmental sustainability.

In submitting an application to participate in the BDGP applicants undertake to adhere to the terms and conditions that govern the programme. A key requirement of the programme is that participants must submit genomic samples taken from selected animals using tags supplied to them. As set out in the terms and conditions of the programme, failure to return genomic samples results in no payment issuing, under the programme, for the year in which the breach occurred.

The person named did not submit any genomic samples for 2018, therefore no payment issued. However, if the person named submits the required number of genomic samples the matter can be reviewed.