Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 455: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in processing the early farm retirement for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford and when payment will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16781/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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It was necessary to suspend payment of the Early Retirement pension to the person named in October 2006, because her farming transferee disposed of a portion of the pension lands. This could have been a breach of the Scheme requirements. On investigation, however, my officials established that the lands disposed of had been replaced with an equivalent area, so no breach of the Scheme had taken place. At the end of June 2007 payment of the pension in this case will be restored, retrospective to the date of suspension.