John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will have a decision made on a person's single payment under force majeure (details supplied) as in 1999/2000 the herd was restricted and reduced from 15 to 7 animals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22264/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application, on 03 November 2004, for consideration of his circumstances under the Force Majeure/Exceptional Circumstances measure of the Single Payment Scheme. Following processing of his application the Single Payment Entitlements Unit informed the person named that his application was successful with the year 2000 excluded from the calculation of his Single Payment.

Payment in respect of the 2005 Single Payment Scheme will issue to the person named in the coming days.

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the application of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was refused under the force majeure scheme; the mechanisms which are available for the person to make a new application; if there are guidelines available to applicants to let them know the reason they were refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22276/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Every case for Force Majeure is dealt with on its merits. In order to be accepted under Force Majeure provisions, it must be found that production was adversely affected by the particular circumstances of the case.

In this case it was found by both my Department and the independent Single Payment Appeals Committee that production was not adversely affected throughout the three reference years (2000-02).

The Office of the Ombudsman has also examined this case and has agreed with the findings of my Department. The person named has now exhausted all review mechanisms within my Department.

The reasons for the decision in this case were communicated to the person named by letters dated 5 November 2004 and 10 March 2005. This is in accordance with the stated practice in my Department to give written reasons for decisions.