Written answers

Thursday, 16 July 2020

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Photo of Brendan GriffinBrendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an area of natural constraints payment for 2018 and 2019 for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16334/20]

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for the 2019 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme on 10/5/2019. All requirements for the 2019 scheme year were met by the person named and payment in full issued on April 7 2020.

The person named made an application for the 2018 ANC scheme on 14 May 2018. The Terms and Conditions of the 2018 ANC scheme require that a number of requirements are met in order to qualify for payment, including requirements regarding minimum stocking density and stocking retention periods.

The 2018 Terms and Conditions state that ”The retention period for the 2018 scheme is 7 consecutive months within the calendar year i.e. 1st January to 31st December 2018 where the stocking density on the holding has to be equal to or greater than 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare'.

As the person named did not take ownership of the donkeys and the passports submitted by them until July 2018, this requirement was not met and their application was subsequently deemed ineligible for payment under the 2018 Scheme year.

An official from my Department will contact the person named to discuss the matter further and advise of any options that may be available to them in relation to the 2018 scheme year.

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