Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 391: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all moneys due in entitlements will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and the breakdown of all moneys to be awarded. [4023/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application under the single payment scheme on 27 April 2005. The herd owner also applied to have his entitlements consolidated under the 2005 single payment scheme. This application has been processed and full payment of €12,938 will issue shortly.

Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 392: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the single payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the amount which will be awarded; and the full entitlements assigned to this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4025/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named established 25 entitlements during the reference period, with a total value of €3,143.50. An application under the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2005. Payment in full issued to the person named on 18 January 2006.

Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 393: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the entitlements which will be awarded to a person (details supplied); when same will be awarded; the status of the application for extra quota; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4026/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Neither the person named nor his late son has entitlements established under the single payment scheme because they did not receive any direct payments during the reference years. As indicated in my reply to a related question from the Deputy on 23 June 2005, my Department was prepared to accept an application to the national reserve under category D from the person named to replace that of his late son. The person named must not have been farming in his own right during the past five years. That application is now been processed and my Department will be in touch with the person named in due course.

My Department has no record of an application to the national reserve under category B (ii), which caters for farmers who purchased suckler cow quota in any of the scheme years 2001, 2002 and 2003, resulting in an increase in the number of eligible animals under the suckler cow premium scheme.

Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 394: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if entitlements under various national reserve headings have been credited to persons (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4132/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application was submitted in this case for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under categories B and D.

Category B caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, made an investment in production capacity in 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. Category D caters for farmers who commenced farming after 31 December 2002 or who commenced farming in 2002 but who received no direct payments in respect of that scheme year. It should be noted however that the rules governing the single payment scheme stipulate that an applicant who is found to be eligible under more than one category in the national reserve may only receive an allocation of entitlements under whichever category is most beneficial to him.

Over 23,000 applications for an allocation of entitlements from the national reserve were received when account is taken of farmers who applied under more than one category. Processing of these applications is continuing and the intention is to make allocations to successful applicants at the earliest opportunity. My Department will be in touch with individual applicants as soon as their applications are fully processed when formal letters setting out my Department's decision will be issued.