Installation grant payment delays
Hogan asked how long eligible farmers might wait for payment, noting that some had waited two years. The Minister said grants would issue as soon as the European Commission’s requirements were satisfied.
If we assume that the Minister would look favourably upon qualification for installation aid for those farmers, how long could those farmers expect to wait until payment is made to them?
Comment on this
As the Deputy will be aware, we have managed to persuade the Commission of the European Community in this, and in other instances, to pay the major proportion of these grants. When the European Commission are paying the major proportion of grants — in some cases 100 per cent — then we have to satisfy their requirements. Whenever they are satisfied I can assure the Deputy that the payments will issue as quickly as possible.