Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 239: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of the full amount of the single farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5848/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted applications for consideration in respect of both the new entrant and the private contract clause measures of the single payment scheme. Following processing of his application he was notified that his new entrant application was successful and that the years 2000 and 2001 would be excluded from the calculation of his single payment. His request to transfer entitlements by way of private contract clause was also successful.

However, as the person named did not declare an eligible hectare, on his 2005 single payment application form, for each entitlement held by him, the payment was based on the number of entitlements equivalent to the number of eligible hectares declared. The applicant can benefit from the full single payment in 2006 if he declares an eligible hectare for each entitlement held by him on his 2006 application form.

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 240: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the cow and beef premium schemes. [5893/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2004 special beef premium scheme, in respect of 38 animals, was received from the person named on 31 December 2004. Following initial processing of the application, it was found that ten of these animals were not compliant with the cattle movement monitoring system at the date of application, that is, they were not recorded as being in the herd of the person named. The applicant was informed of this by letter of 3 March 2005 and was further advised by letter, dated 6 April 2005, that these animals were to be rejected in accordance with the EU regulations governing the scheme, resulting in a reduction in payment.

Where non-compliance is found, the resultant penalty is applied to all bovine schemes in the year. Accordingly, a reduction penalty of 36.36% was imposed on the applications lodged by the person named under both the 2004 special beef premium scheme and the 2004 suckler cow premium scheme. This penalty was reflected in the payment which issued to the person named. The person named was also advised that this decision was made on the basis of the facts and evidence available and was advised of his right to appeal. To date, no such request has been received.

Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment under the milk premium category of the EU single payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5897/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for consideration in respect of the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. Following processing of his application, he was notified that his application was accepted. Payment in respect of the inherited entitlements amounting to €5,076.63 issued to him on 1 December 2005. The remaining €3,906.42 in respect of the decoupled dairy premium will issue to him shortly.

Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the dairy premium will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has already received payment of the EU single farm payment. [5898/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The decoupled dairy premium was based on the eligible milk quota held by dairy farmers on 31 March 2005, provided that they had delivered milk produced on their holding during the 2004-05 milk quota year, or prior to 15 May 2005. As the person named did not meet this requirement, he was not eligible for the dairy premium.

However, the person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under categories C and B (iv). Category C caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, sold the milk quota into the milk quota restructuring scheme and converted their enterprise to a farming sector for which a direct payment under livestock premia or arable aid schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000 to 2002.

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. Investments can include purchase or long term lease of land, purchase of suckler and-or ewe quota or other investments.

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 reserve may only receive an allocation of entitlements under whichever category is most beneficial to him.

The position is that 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.

The Department will be in touch with individual applicants as soon as their applications are fully processed when formal letters setting out the Department's decision will be issued.

Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the EU single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has submitted the necessary documentation in relation to the inheritance of entitlements under this scheme. [5899/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application under the 2005 single payment scheme on 10 May 2005. He also applied to have entitlements transferred to him by way of inheritance. Following processing of this application, he was notified on 14 February 2006 that his application to transfer entitlements by way of inheritance was successful. Payment of the single payment will shortly issue to the person named.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of the single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [6044/06]

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. An on-farm cross compliance inspection was carried out on this holding on 25 October 2005, which has resulted in a 5% payment penalty due to findings of CMMS non-compliance. The application has now been fully processed and payment of €28,108.72, reflecting the 5% penalty, will issue shortly.