Cattle headage grants in Doolin
One joint herd owner exceeded the off-farm earnings limit and is ineligible; the other qualifies for half the applicable grant, payable shortly.
(Limerick East) asked the Minister for Agriculture the reason grants under the cattle headage disadvantaged areas scheme were not paid to persons (details supplied) in Doolin, County Clare.
Comment on this
The persons named are joint registered herd owners. It was a condition of the 1981 cattle headage scheme that an applicant's off-farm earnings could not exceed £4,750. One of the persons named had an income in excess of this figure and is, therefore, not eligible for grants. The other joint registered herd owner, is eligible for grants and will receive shortly a payment equivalent to 50 per cent of the cattle headage grants appropriate to the herd under the disadvantaged areas schemes.
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