Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a single farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15727/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted a 2005 single payment application declaring 27.31 hectares of forage land and received payment for 27.31 entitlements on 1 December 2005.

The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 single payment scheme national reserve under Category C. Category C caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, participated in the milk quota restructuring scheme and who converted to a farming sector for which a direct payment under the livestock and/or arable aid premium schemes would have been payable during the period 2000-2002.

A formal letter setting out my Department's decision has issued to the person named. However, should he be dissatisfied with my Department's decision, he has the opportunity to appeal this decision to the Independent Payment Appeals Committee. An appeals application form is available from any of my Department's offices or on the Department website at www.agriculture.gov.ie.