Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 669: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will take steps to ensure that a grant due to a person (details supplied) in County Longford under the farm waste management scheme is awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20951/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. Payment will be issued by my Department shortly in respect of the investments carried out by him under the Scheme.

John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 670: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the single farm payment entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo from a farm inherited in a will, will be awarded to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21074/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements to the person named was submitted on the 12th May 2006 requesting a transfer of 19.49 standard entitlements from the Representative of the owner of the second herd number quoted.

As the requested transfer was based on inheritance, an official from my Department requested a copy of the Will of the deceased person and a copy of Probate. In cases where entitlements are not specifically mentioned in a Will, they form part of the 'residue' of the estate. Copies of the Will and Probate were duly supplied and it was noted that the 'residue' of the estate was left to a number of persons but did not include the person named.

The requested transfer can only be completed if those persons who inherited the residue of the estate waive their rights in favour of the first named person. Consequently on the 11th May 2007 the person named was asked to supply waivers from those persons. On the 23rd June 2007 a reminder was forwarded. To date, no such waivers have been received and consequently it is not possible to process the requested transfer.

Upon receipt of the outstanding documentation, my Department will process the application and will correspond directly with the person named.