Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 258: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a grant for a slatted house will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36809/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. Payment of €20,734.97 was made by my Department to the applicant on 7 November 2006.

Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment of the EU single farm payment and the disadvantaged area payment will issue to a farmer. [36810/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2006.

The 50% advance under the Single Payment Scheme in the amount of €13,342.31 issued to the person named on 31 October 2006. It is expected that payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue shortly.

Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 260: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive a decision on their 2005 national reserve application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37027/06]

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 Payment 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.

The person named has been deemed successful under Category B of the reserve on the basis of an investment in suckler cow quota during the reference period.

My Department has issued a formal letter setting out the details of the allocation and payment issued to the person named on 1st June 2006.