Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when an allocation under the national reserve will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19763/06]

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 C.

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.

A formal letter setting out my Department's decision has issued to the person named and she has been notified that if she is dissatisfied with my Department's decision in relation to the National Reserve she now has the opportunity to appeal this decision to the 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.

Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application under the farm pollution grant scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this person has to comply with a deadline of September 2006 imposed on them by Cork County Council. [19764/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The application by the person concerned for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme is currently being processed within my Department. A pre-approval visit was carried out by an officer of my Department on 17 May 2006 and written approval to proceed with the works should issue to the applicant shortly.

It is a fundamental requirement of the Scheme that aid will not be granted where work is commenced before written approval has been conveyed by the Department.

John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the delay in payment of the single farm payment for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and when same will issue. [19766/06]

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 Payment Scheme National Reserve under Categories B & 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 2000-2002. Investments can include purchase or long-term lease of land, purchase of suckler and/or ewe quota or other investments.

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.

The person named has been accepted under categories B1 and B2 and a payment will issue in the near future. Allocations under the National Reserve are being made on an ongoing basis as cases are cleared for payment.