Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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925. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department recently announced that Government had provided funding to allow for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) to be extended for a rollover period of one year in 2021.  This extension was only open to those BDGP participants who have already met the requirements for the full six-year duration of BDGP 2015-2020.

One of these requirements was the Stock Bull/AI Requirement.  For participants using a stock bull, at least one stock bull on the holding on 30^thJune 2019 must have been a genotyped 4 or 5 star bull on either the Terminal or Replacement Index (on a within or across breed basis) at the time of purchase.

For BDGP participants using AI, at least 80% of the AI used on the participating holding must have been from 4 or 5 star bulls on either the Terminal or Replacement Index (on a within or across breed basis).

Applicants using both stock bulls and AI must satisfy both requirements. 

The person named did not meet the stock bull requirement and, therefore, was ineligible to rollover for 2021.  In December 2020, a letter issued to the person named informing him of this.

An appeal was subsequently received from the person named. This appeal is being reviewed and the outcome of that review will be communicated in writing to the person named shortly.