Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their entitlements under the single payment scheme. [6487/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted applications for consideration in respect of both the new entrant and inheritance measures of the single payment scheme. Following processing of these applications the person named was notified that the new entrant application was unsuccessful as she was involved in farming in all three reference years 2000, 2001 and 2002 and had received direct payments under the premia schemes in each of those years.

The application for consideration under the inheritance measure was deemed successful and the inherited entitlements combined with those earned by the person named in her own right will be utilised to calculate her single payment entitlement. Arrangements have been made to issue a statement of provisional entitlements to the person named shortly.

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the date on which her Department received the registered folio and folio maps, title deeds and registered lease documents as required for the processing of the award of the forestry planting grant to a person (details supplied). [6488/05]

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 272: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the date and amount of the forestry planting grant awarded to a person (details supplied). [6489/05]

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 273: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the registered folio and folio maps, title deeds and registered lease documents showed that a person (details supplied) was the registered owner of the lands prior to the award of the forestry planting grant. [6490/05]

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 274: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, when processing the planting grant application of a person (details supplied), her Department used records created in the processing of a pre-planting grant application of another person and their spouse or any other person or party acting on their behalf; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6491/05]

Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 275: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when, the way in which and the person by whom her Department was advised that a person (details supplied) and their spouse had withdrawn their pre-planting grant application. [6492/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 to 275, inclusive, together.

The original owner of the lands in question — the second person referred to in these questions — lodged an application for a forestry grant in February 1997 and received approval to plant in March 1998. In the meantime the land was purchased by another party — the first person referred to in these questions — in December 1997. There was no formal withdrawal of the previous application for forestry grant, but the land was planted by the new owner based on the original letter of approval in accordance with standard Department practice. The first instalment of the afforestation grant, amounting to €65,378, was paid in November 1998 and payment of the second instalment, amounting to €21,793,was made in January 2003.

At the time in question, an applicant was not required to submit title documentation before grant payment. Instead, this information was collected prior to payment of premium. In this case, the title documentation was received in the forest service in March 2000 and shows clearly that the person in question was the registered owner of the land prior to the award of the forestry planting grant.

The same forestry company which had prepared the first application was also responsible for planting under the second application and, accordingly, the same plantation prescription, prepared by that company, was used in respect of both applications. This was the only instance where other records were used in connection with the second application.