Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 567: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7886/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2011. The processing on this application was recently finalised and payment issued directly to the nominated bank account of the applicant on 2 February 2012.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding REP scheme payments in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7893/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commend REPS in September 2008 and received payments for the first three years of their contract.

REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. These checks have now been completed and the year 4 payment will shortly issue to the person named.

Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 569: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options open to a person (details supplied) who inadvertently did not comply with entitlement regulations by giving up land they had rented, brought the amount of their entitlements under the 50% figure for the reference year and it appears that this will result in a substantial drop in their income for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7895/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In the 2005 Scheme year the person named submitted an application under the Inheritance measure of the Single Payment Scheme to inherit the entitlements established by his late wife. Following a successful Force Majeure application, these 69.06 entitlements had a gross unit value of €244.42 each giving a total value of €16,879.65 and were established utilising the alternative reference period 1997 – 1999.

The person named also submitted an application under the Consolidation measure of the 2005 Single Payment Scheme as he only inherited 49.73ha. This application was unnecessary as Under EU Regulations, the total Single Payment amount will, on transfer by way of inheritance, be divided by the number of hectares inherited. This resulted in the person named receiving 49.73 entitlements at a gross unit value of €339.43 each giving a total value of €16,879.65.

The person named submitted an application under the Consolidation measure of the 2011 Single Payment on 13 May 2011. The rules governing Consolidation require that an applicant must retain a number of hectares at least equal to 50% the original number of entitlements established - in this case 69.06ha. The land declared by the person named on the 2011 Single Payment application was 26.60 hectares which is less than 50% of the 69.06 entitlements originally granted. The application for Consolidation was therefore rejected.

The person named has recently submitted an application to appeal this decision to the Agriculture Appeals Office. A formal letter setting out their decision will issue to the person named within the coming weeks.