Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 1338: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the 2006 scheme. [1455/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 12th December 2006. The application was accepted even though the closing date for receipt of completed applications to transfer entitlements was the 16th May 2006.

The application was examined and further documentation is required. A letter issued to the person named on the 16th January 2007 and an official from my Department contacted the person named directly on the 19th January 2007 requesting the specific documentation.

Upon receipt of the documentation my Department will process the application and will correspond directly with the person named.

Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for single farm payment on the basis of force majeure and exceptional circumstances. [1477/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for consideration of her circumstances under the Force Majeure/Exceptional Circumstances measure of the Single Payment Scheme. Having assessed the application, my Department informed the person named that the circumstances outlined did not fulfill 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. The Committee found that some of the circumstances of the case did constitute Force Majeure and would justify the exclusion of the year 2001 from the calculation of the Single Payment for the person named. However, on calculation, it was found that the exclusion of 2001 would disadvantage her in terms of the value of her actual entitlement. Accordingly, the Committee recommended that the appeal be disallowed.