Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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Question 395: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when applications for national reserve allocations under the single farm payment scheme will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13263/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that some 17,500 farmers submitted applications to the national reserve but when account is taken of the number of farmers who applied under two or more categories, over 23,000 files have to be processed.

While much work has been done in processing the vast majority of the applications, none of the applications has yet been processed to finality with national reserve allocations attributed. Some 11% of the applications received are still under query with the farmers concerned as my Department has sought additional information in support of their applications. Processing of all applications is continuing and the intention is to make allocations to successful applicants within the next two weeks.