Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1029: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in having the EU single payment issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1946/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named to date has not submitted a request to have entitlements transferred to him as a result of the transfer of a holding by way of gift or inheritance or private contract clause. an application form to transfer entitlements by way of gift or inheritance has been posted to the person named for completion. Upon receipt and processing of that application form, the Department of Agriculture and Food will be in a position to notify the person named of his entitlements in respect of the single payment scheme and arrange for the issue of payment, if appropriate.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1030: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2066/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 9 May 2005. The applicant also applied to have his entitlements consolidated under the 2005 single payment scheme consolidation measure. This application has now been processed and full payment will issue shortly.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1031: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2067/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under EU legislation, in order to draw down his or her full single payment, an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement. This requirement was set out clearly in the documentation supplied to farmers on a number of occasions.

While the person named established 25.51 entitlements, the single payment scheme application form received on 11 May 2005 declared 21.90 forage hectares. Payment amounting to €8,597.90 paid on 1 December 2005 was, therefore, based on 21.90 hectares declared. If the person named declares sufficient land on his 2006 single payment scheme application, he will be in a position to claim full entitlements.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1032: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2073/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 12 May 2005. He applied to have his entitlements consolidated under the 2005 single payment scheme. His application has been processed and payment amounting to €22,930.73 in respect of the single payment scheme issued to the person named on 24 January 2006.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1033: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2074/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 13 May 2005. The applicant also applied to have her entitlements consolidated under the 2005 single payment scheme consolidation measure. This application has been processed and full payment amounting to €5,253.99 will issue shortly.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1034: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2075/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2005. Following initial processing, a problem was identified in respect of one land parcel listed. While the person named has been written to by the Department of Agriculture and Food, the issue raised has yet to be satisfactorily resolved. It will be appreciated that payment cannot be made while this matter remains unresolved.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1035: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2076/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The application received from the person named under the 2005 single payment scheme has been fully processed and payment will issue shortly.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1036: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2085/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under EU legislation, in order to draw down his or her full single payment, an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement. This requirement was set out clearly in the documentation supplied to farmers on a number of occasions. While the person named established 46.77 entitlements, the single payment scheme application form received on 16 May 2005 declared only 37.92 forage hectares. Payment amounting to €11,666.67 based on 37.92 eligible hectares will issue shortly to the person named. If the person named declares sufficient land on his 2006 single payment scheme application, he will be in a position to claim full entitlements.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1037: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2086/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under EU legislation, in order to draw down his or her full single payment, an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement. This requirement was set out clearly in the documentation supplied to farmers on a number of occasions. While the person named established 73 entitlements, the single payment scheme application form received on 13 May 2005 declared only 56.90 forage hectares. Payment under the scheme, therefore, was based on the 56.90 hectares declared and the amount issued to the person named on 1 December 2005 was €18,868.28. If the person named declares sufficient land on his 2006 single payment scheme application, he will be in a position to claim full entitlements.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1038: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be made available to persons (details supplied) in County Cork. [2087/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The persons named applied for consideration in respect of the new entrant, inheritance and private contract clause measures of the single payment scheme. Following processing of their applications they were notified that their new entrant application was unsuccessful, as they had established no entitlements during the reference years from 2000 to 2002. The application to transfer entitlements by way of private contract clause was refused as the transfer in question was by way of inheritance. Therefore, their inheritance application was successful and the entitlements received by way of inheritance have been transferred to them.

Payment of €9,505.10 under the 2005 single payment scheme issued to them on 24 January 2005. However it did not reflect the special condition entitlements that they had established, in their own right prior to the transfer. A supplementary payment will issue to them early next week.

Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 1039: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on an application under the single payments scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2091/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for the transfer of entitlements by way of private contract clause. In the course of processing this application it was clear to the Department of Agriculture and Food that the person named should have applied for the transfer of entitlements on the grounds of inheritance. The applicant was notified of this matter on 15 November 2005 and the appropriate application form was forwarded to the person named for completion but no application has been received to date.

Upon receipt of the application form and the relevant supporting documentation, the Department of Agriculture and Food will be in a position to process the application and notify the person named of her entitlements in respect of the single payment scheme and arrange for the issue of payment, if appropriate.