Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an ANC payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51133/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application to participate in the 2021 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme on 15th April 2021.

As set out in the terms and conditions of the scheme, to qualify for payment, applicants must satisfy the following minimum stocking requirements:

- Maintain a minimum stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per eligible forage hectare for seven consecutive months within the 2021 calendar year.

- Maintain an annual average stocking density of 0.15 livestock units per eligible forage hectare for the 2021 calendar year.

The person named has not yet satisfied these minimum stocking requirements. 

The Department is currently running twice weekly payment runs with respect to payments under the 2021 ANC scheme so that farmers receive their payment as soon as possible once they have satisfied all relevant criteria.

Once the person named has satisfied all the necessary criteria for payment to issue, their payment will issue as quickly as possible.