Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow who is waiting for his consolidation payment for some time; if same will be awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21575/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Single Payment Scheme, farmers who lose lands that they had rented in and farmed during the reference years 2000-2002 may apply to consolidate their single payment entitlements onto their remaining eligible lands, provided they continue to farm at least 50% of the land they farmed in the reference years. In 2006, the person named did not continue to farm at least 50% of the lands he declared in the reference period so his application to consolidate his entitlements was refused. However, he has now agreed to voluntarily give up some of his single payment entitlements in order to satisfy the 50% rule. The consolidation application has now been processed and payment will issue shortly.