Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 657: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded part of their single payment. [20133/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 3rd April 2006.

The Regulations governing the Transfer of Entitlements allow that Single Payment entitlements may be transferred without land only if the transferor has used at least 80% of his payment entitlements in one calendar year. The application for the Transfer of Entitlements to the person named was rejected, as 80% of theentitlements were not used by the transferor in 2005.

A formal letter outlining this decision issued to the person named and an official from my Department also made direct contact with him outlining the position.

An application to transfer entitlements by lease under the Private Contract Clause measure of the Single Payments Scheme was received from the person named on 25th August 2007. His application was successful and 15.24 entitlements were transferred to him. Any outstanding payment in respect of 2005 and 2006 will issue to the person named shortly.