Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 298: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the level of payment which will be paid to REP scheme farmers to compensate them for actions now required that are not covered by the REP scheme payment as a result of the additional management requirements introduced for the Owenduff, Nephin Beg area of County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21814/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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All hill sheep farmers in REPS are paid in accordance with their REPS contracts. The REP scheme Terms and Conditions provide that REPS farmers must comply fully with Commonage Framework Plan requirements and consequently no further REPS payments are due for destocking.

Because of a European Court of Justice judgment, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is introducing additional management requirements in the Owenduff/Nephin Beg complex. While the question of additional payment to REPS farmers for actions over and above the requirements of the Commonage Framework Plans is a matter for the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, I have recently met representatives of the farmers concerned and I undertook to convey their concerns to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there is anything available for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo from the national reserve to increase their entitlements. [21569/06]

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 B.

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.

A formal letter setting out my Department's decision has issued to the person named and if he is dissatisfied with my Department's decision in relation to the National Reserve he now 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.

Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 300: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if full payment of the single farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [21572/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted a Single Payment Scheme application on 6 May 2005. He established 17.58 entitlements but only declared 14.47 eligible hectares on the application form. On 1 December 2005 payment, therefore, issued in the amount of €5,140.37 in respect of 14.47 entitlements.

On 9 March 2006 the person named made an application under the consolidation measure of the Single Payment Scheme. This application was processed on 4 April 2006 and the 17.58 entitlements were consolidated to 14.47 entitlements. A supplementary payment in the amount of €1,104.76 in respect of the 14.47 consolidated entitlements issued on 7 April 2006.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 301: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is entitled to slaughter premium for cattle that were slaughtered in 2002. [21594/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The records of the animals slaughtered from the herd number of the person named under the 2002 Slaughter Premium Scheme are being examined with a view to identifying those that may be eligible for payment. Eligibility under the 2002 Slaughter Premium Scheme and the other Livestock Schemes required, inter alia, that the animals concerned comply with the relevant identification and registration requirements. It is intended that the person named will be notified shortly as to what payment, if any, may be due in respect of the 2002 Slaughter Premium Scheme.