Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 126: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to the national reserve, has been processed; if that person has been considered for additional entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20473/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payment scheme national reserve under categories A and B. Category A caters for farmers who inherited, leased or otherwise received free of charge or for a nominal consideration, from a farmer who retired or died, as the case may be, before the closing date for receipt of single payment scheme applications in 2005, a holding that was leased to a third party during the reference period. The person named does not qualify for an allocation of entitlements under this category because the holding he inherited was not leased out to a third party during the reference period.

Category B caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, made investments in production capacity. The person named applied for an allocation of entitlements under this category on the basis that he purchased a suckler cow quota for 14 premium rights in 2002. His application under this category is being processed and he will be notified of his eligibility or otherwise as soon as all applications received are processed.

In excess of 17,200 applications received under the national reserve at the Department's office in Castlebar are been processed. In view of the number of applications received and the documentation submitted, it will be some time before a decision is reached in this case.