Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applicants for payments under the energy crops scheme that have been paid under the 2006 energy crops scheme; the number still outstanding; and the reason for outstanding payments. [3737/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department received a total of 249 applications under the 2006 Energy Crops Scheme. To date, payment has issued to 141 applicants. Under the governing EU regulations, payments are required to be made by 30 June of the year following. Of the 108 applicants as yet unpaid, 48 have not yet submitted the required delivery documentation, 21 have furnished insufficient documentation, while in the remaining 39 cases, there are outstanding queries on the applicant's Single Payment application. My Department has been in regular contact with all producers and processors whose records have not been in order or not submitted. Payments continue to issue as individual cases are finalised.