473. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a hardship grant in respect of tuberculosis restrictions will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38253/15]

My Department’s Cork office received an application under the 2014/2015 Hardship Grant Scheme for the person concerned on 9 December 2014. The application has now been processed and a payment in respect of the period 9 December 2014 to 14 January 2015, being the date on which the holding was derestricted, will issue shortly.