Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in regard to their application under the national reserve under category D; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15861/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payments scheme national reserve under category D. 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.

A formal letter outlining my Department's decision on the national reserve application has issued to the person named. If he is dissatisfied with this decision he now has the opportunity to appeal the decision to the independent appeals committee. An appeals application form is available from any of my Department's offices or on the Department's website at www.agriculture.gov.ie.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 123: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 559 of 21 March 2006, if a person (details supplied) in County Clare has received the single payment entitlements; if so, the amount of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15864/06]

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.

The person named established 36.36 entitlements with a unit value of €192.69 per entitlement, and a total value of €7,532.34. The single payment scheme application form received on May 4, 2005 declared 33.97 forage hectares. Accordingly, a payment amounting to €6,349.31, €192.69 per hectare declared on the application form, issued on 1 December, 2005.

Subsequently the unit value was increased to €207.16 per entitlement as a result of the transfer of the additional amount of €542.00, €14.47 unit value per entitlement for the 36.36 entitlements held by the applicant. A supplementary payment of €491.55 less a deduction of €14.75 for modulation based on the declared area of 33.97 hectares issued on March 27, 2006. If the applicant declares 36.36 eligible hectares in his 2006 single payment scheme application, he will be entitled to benefit from the full single payment if he adheres to the conditions of the scheme.