Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 276: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an appeal against a decision regarding the level of single payment available to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20171/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for consideration under the force majeure exceptional circumstances measure of the single payment regulations was submitted by the person named on 29 October 2004.

Following consideration by my Department and the independent single payment appeals committee of the circumstances outlined, including additional information submitted, the Department is satisfied that force majeure can be applied in respect of the person named. Consequently, the year 2000 will be excluded and only the years 2001 and 2002 will be used in the calculation of the single payment entitlement.

The person named was notified of this position and an updated statement of provisional entitlements issued on 31 May 2005.

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 277: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an appeal against the decision not to grant [i]force majeure[/i]-exceptional circumstances in relation to the single payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [20182/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named, having been notified that the circumstances outlined by him did not satisfy the criteria for force majeure exceptional circumstances under Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003, submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee.

Following a full examination of the circumstances outlined in the appeal, the appeals committee made a recommendation and a letter issued to the person named on 23 March 2005. The findings of the appeals committee were that the circumstances put forward do not fulfil the force majeure criteria under the single payment regulations and that the original decision taken by my Department should be upheld.