Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application has been received from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for force majeure under the single payment scheme; if the person has applied under the national reserve provisions; if their application has been approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24034/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application on 06 February 2004, for consideration of his circumstances under the Force Majeure/Exceptional Circumstances measure of the Single Payment Scheme. Having assessed the application, the Single Payment Entitlements Unit informed the person named that the circumstances outlined did not fulfil the Force Majeure criteria laid down in Article 40 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003. The person named then appealed this decision to the Independent Single Payment Appeals Committee who recommended that the decision of the Single Payment Entitlements Unit should be upheld.

The person named submitted an application to the National Reserve under the Hill Farmers Scheme which caters for farmers with commonage land who were prevented from expanding their sheep production prior to or during the 2000-2002 reference period pending publication of the Commonage Framework Plans in 2002.

This application has not yet been fully processed by my Department. A decision will issue to the applicant as soon as processing is completed.