Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 683: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a decision will be made on an application to the national reserve by a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9399/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2006 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category A. Category A caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or died by 16 May, 2005 and who had leased out his/her holding to a third party during the reference period 2000 to 2002. My Department has requested further documentation with regard to processing this application. When this documentation is received my Department will process this case further.

In addition the person named has already received an allocation from the 2005 National Reserve under Category B(ii) investment in suckler quota. Therefore, it should be noted that the rules governing the single payment scheme stipulate that an applicant who is found to be eligible under another category in the Reserve in another year may only receive an allocation of entitlements under whichever category is most beneficial.

A formal letter outlining my Department's decision on the 2006 National Reserve will issue to the person named as soon as his application has been fully processed.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 684: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that the application was fully processed. [9402/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 18th December 2006. The application was accepted even though the closing date for receipt of completed applications to transfer entitlements was the 16th May 2006. During processing of the Transfer application it was necessary for an official of my Department to request specific documentation relating to the application. The requested documentation was received and the application is now fully processed.

Payment of €3,821.46 in respect of 16.49 transferred entitlements issued to the person named on the 16th March 2007.