Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7414/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and associated area-based schemes was received by my Department from the above named applicants on 28th May 2023.

As part of the normal administrative checks an issue was identified with the structure of the Registered Farm Partnership that the applicants have applied under. This issue has been resolved in recent days and final checks are currently being carried out on this case with the intention of bringing it forward for payment in next week's payment run which is scheduled for February 22nd.

Two payments were certified for payment last year by the Regional Veterinary Office (RVO) in respect of animals removed under the On Farm Market Valuation Scheme. An issue arose because the herd was registered under the name of a partnership. My Department had been notified that one member of the partnership was deceased and a payment hold was applied to the partnership until the registration of the herd was updated to ensure that any money owed was issued to the rightful owner(s). The herd registration was updated to the named herdowner on 3rd January 2024. My officials are working to resolve the linkage of the payment to the Partnership and expect payment to release to the named herdowner in the coming days.

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Departments Eco-Scheme section have processed over 95% of the 122,289 applications received in 2023 with payments of over €297 million having issued already. Validations and compliance checks on the remaining 5% of applications are ongoing and payment including on the specific case raised by the Deputy will issue shortly. Staff in my Department will contact the person named in relation to their payment.