Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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1113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 15 December 2020, if his Department makes its various payments to the person whose name is attached to the herd number; if he will further clarify the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45007/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Entitlement to payment under the Department's various schemes and services is predicated upon, application for and compliance with, the various requirements and qualifying criteria of the schemes concerned. Payment under the various schemes and services is made to the applicant once the qualifying criteria are met and the applicant is otherwise compliant. Registration as a herdowner does not infer entitlement to payments under any schemes operated by my Department.

The requirement to hold a valid Herd Number is an eligibility condition under a number of the schemes run by my Department.  In order to qualify for payment under such schemes, all other eligibility conditions and scheme requirements must also be met.  In general, payment will issue to the person(s) named on the relevant herd number subject to all scheme conditions being satisfied.  There are circumstances in which payment can be made to third parties, for example, where an attachment order has been issued by the Courts.