Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Louth has not been issued with a top up payment under the single farm payment from the national envelope as per a letter of 15 April 2005 from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19791/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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All eligible farmers who experienced depopulation due to the Foot and Mouth outbreak in 2001 on the Cooley peninsula have been granted Force Majeure and have had the reference year 2002 excluded from the calculation of their Single Farm Payment. These farmers will also receive the National Envelope top-up on the number of ewes on which ewe premium was paid during the reference period. The person named is an eligible farmer as outlined above and is due payment of the top-up. An enhancement is required to the Single Payment Scheme payment system to enable these top-up payments. This development is ongoing and payments will issue on completion of same.