Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 725: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has received all of their payment entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14232/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that the person named applied under both the Agri-Environmental and National Reserve Hill Farmer measures of the Single Payment Scheme and was deemed successful under both measures. The Regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme provide that checks must be made to ensure that an applicant who is successful under more than one measure of the Single Payment Scheme may only receive an allocation under the measure that is most beneficial to him/her.

In this case it has been established that an allocation from the National Reserve Hill Farmers measures is more beneficial and therefore the Agri- environmental measure has been rescinded in favour of an allocation from the National Reserve. A formal letter outlining my Department's decision has issued to the person named and his Single Payment has been increased by €1000 which is the maximum amount payable under the measure concerned. There are no proposals to increase Single Payments under Modulation.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 726: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason two years' farm payments have not been made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite payment of the outstanding amounts due as the applicant has submitted all of the information required some time ago. [14236/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named received Payments of €12,827.44 in 2005 and €15,026.99 in 2006 under the Single Farm Payment Scheme. The person named also applied to transfer in entitlements by way of Private Contract Clause. This application has been processed and the additional payment due will issue to the applicant shortly.