Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will be provided with their entitlements and payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20964/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Single Farm Payment Scheme was received from the person on 13th May 2005, on which 66.22 ha of forage was declared. There were no Entitlements established in his name. Entitlements were established during the reference period in the name of the father of the person named. Following clarification received from the person named, the transfer has now been processed and payment will issue shortly.

Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 477: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the shortfall in a grant for a slatted roof (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20965/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for grant-aid under the Farm Waste Management Scheme on 30 August 2005. My Department's letter of approval clearly indicated that the maximum level of investment eligible for grant-aid for the proposed structure would be €41,489.78. As a result, the maximum amount of grant-aid payable in this case will be €16,595.91, i.e. 40% of the maximum eligible investment indicated. Payment of this amount will issue following verification of the payment claim which has recently been received by my Department.

Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 478: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of single farm payment entitlements and value which a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon has been allocated; the number and value which was paid in 2005; the entitlements for 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21046/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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As the person named was not farming and in receipt of premia payments during the 2000 — 2002 reference period, no single payment entitlements were established for him. The person named applied for an allocation of entitlements from the National Reserve under Category B which 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 to 2002. Investments can include purchase or long-term lease of land, purchase of suckler and/or ewe quota or other investments.

The person named has received an allocation of 7.19 entitlements each at a value of €129.27 from the 2005 National Reserve and payment issued on 27 April 2006. As the person named does not have any other existing entitlements the total number of entitlements available for 2006 will amount to 7.19 which is what he received from the 2005 National Reserve.