Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 380: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a single farm payment has been applied for in 2006 on lands (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [27185/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named did not submit a 2005 Single Payment application. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant EU Regulations the entitlements will be surrendered to the National Reserve.

With regard to the 2005 Single Payment Scheme the person named applied for consideration for an allocation of entitlements from the National Reserve under category C.

Category C caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, sold the milk quota into the Milk Quota Restructuring Scheme and converted their enterprise to a farming sector for which a direct payment under Livestock Premia/or Arable Aid Schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000 to 2002.

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