Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2015
203. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding forestry payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17234/15]
View answerIt is a condition of payment of grant and premiums under the Afforestation Scheme that the applicant must, inter alia, be the registered owner of the lands the subject of the application. In the case of the person named, a portion of the site the subject of his application is not registered in his name and as a consequence payment of the application cannot be made. A check by my Department of the Property Registration Authority’s records indicates that the portion of land remains registered in the name of a third party. My Department has been liaising with the applicant’s registered forester about the options open to him, including the removal of this portion of land from the application, and is awaiting further instructions from them in the matter.
