Written answers

Wednesday, 7 December 2005

Department of Agriculture and Food

Grant Payments

9:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive their full single farm payment entitlement. [38434/05]

Photo of Mary CoughlanMary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Originally, the person named had a single payment of €1,522.03 and 7.1 entitlements established for him during the reference period 2000 to 2002. However, since he was destocked in 1999 under the agri-environmental measures, his entitlements were subsequently based on the years prior to destocking which would have been more beneficial to him. Accordingly, the person named was notified that his single payment was €2,274.06, which was based on the average number of animals on which premia was paid during the years 1997-98. He was also notified that his number of entitlements was 24.11 based on the average number of hectares farmed during those two years.

In view of the fact that he only declared 7.1 hectares of land in 2005, he was paid only a percentage of his single payment as a result. My Department is now willing to accept the average number of hectares declared during 2000 to 2002 as his entitlements and assign him 7.1 entitlements instead of the 24.11 already notified. Arrangements are being made to have the balance of his single payment paid to him shortly.

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