Written answers

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Agriculture Schemes

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

918. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a replacement payment will be provided for an agricultural payment made some time ago to a person (details supplied) which was never cashed; when the payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4645/20]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The person named has never been the registered owner of the herdnumber supplied and therefore could not have received a payable order under that herdnumber.

The cattle headage scheme was EU-funded and, following the introduction of compulsory electronic payment to bank accounts in 2008, any funds relating to earlier payable orders that remained un-cashed after a maximum 6 year period were, on the direction of the EU Commission, surrendered back to the EU.

It is not possible, therefore, to reissue such payments in any case.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.