John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 364: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the subsidies a person (details supplied) in County Sligo is entitled to; the payment issues; the payments outstanding; when payments will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23425/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named established 131.47 standard entitlements at a net value of €11.25 each during the Single Payment Scheme reference period. Full payment of €1,434.67 in respect of these entitlements issued to him on 1 December 2005. Prior to 2 August 2000, the herd number was in the name of the late brother of the person named. In accordance with the provisions of the Single Payment Scheme, 65.73 standard entitlements, at a net unit value of €11.27, were established in the name of this late brother. An official from my Department has been in direct contact with the person named requesting him to submit an application for the transfer of his late brother's entitlements by inheritance. As soon as the completed application form is received in my Department, it will be processed immediately.

It is also noted that the late brother of the person named was a participant in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS), which, in some cases, required partial de-stocking. My Department is currently reviewing these cases with a view to granting the higher sheep numbers prior to joining REPS in the calculation of Single Payment Entitlements. In this case, the years 1997 and 1998 are being used to re-calculate the entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme and this measure will only be implemented where it proves more financially beneficial. If the inheritance application of the person named is successful he will also inherit these Single Payment Entitlements.