Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be paid under the disadvantaged area scheme. [31709/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2007 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 29 March 2007.

One of the primary provisions of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme is that applicants must maintain a minimum stocking density on their holding of 0.15 livestock units per forage hectare for at least three consecutive months. However, where the holding of an applicant is identified as not meeting this minimum stocking density requirement, the person in question is invited to submit evidence of satisfactory stocking i.e. Flock Register, Horse Passports or details of a REPS or Commonage Framework Plan, which provides for a lower stocking level.

The person named was written to and invited to submit appropriate evidence of the number of sheep maintained on her farm. On receipt of a satisfactory response from the person named, the application will be further processed with a view to payment at an early date provided that the applicant is eligible for payment.

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 118 together.

An application under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2007. An Advance payment of €2,286.81 issued on 16 October in respect of the Single Payment Scheme based on the area declared. An amount of €1,786.31 issued on 2 October in respect of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.

Following further processing of the application, issues arose regarding the area and location of the lands being claimed, the outcome of which was that the person named was deemed to have over-claimed in respect of the forage area available to him. However, as there was more eligible land declared than the number of entitlements held and in excess of the 45 hectare limit on the Disadvantaged Area Scheme, a balancing payment under the Single Payment Scheme and a supplementary payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme will issue shortly, after which, the person named will be fully paid under both Schemes.