John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers in County Waterford in receipt of single farm payment in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46721/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The payments made to farmers in Waterford under the Single payment Scheme since 2005 were as follows:

Payments to farmers for the period 2005 to 2009 have been fully completed unless there are issues of inheritance or other similar transfers in isolated cases. I can confirm that advance payments under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme commenced issuing on 18 October and that the balancing payments under that Scheme began issuing on 1 December, in line with the very ambitious payments targets I set for my Department. I am confident that, by year-end, payments to farmers nationally will have exceeded €1.1 billion under the Single Payment Scheme.

I can confirm that every effort is being made to clear remaining cases for payment at the earliest possible date and, to this end, regular payment runs continue to be made.