John Cregan (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position in relation to an application made under the single payment scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick and when a decision in the case will be made. [22523/05]

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 category C, which caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, sold their milk quotas into the milk quota restructuring scheme and converted their enterprise to a farming sector for which a direct payment under livestock premia and, or arable aid schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000 to 2002.

In excess of 17,300 applications have been received under the national reserve at the Department's office in Castlebar and are being processed at present. In view of the number of applications received and the documentation submitted, it will be some time before a decision is reached on whether the person named is entitled to an allocation from the reserve. He will, of course, be notified of his eligibility or otherwise as soon as all applications are processed.