Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 423: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for the single farm payment in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32132/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 23 March 2007.

As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing the Single Payment Scheme, the application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection.

The inspection was carried out on 17 August, the results of the inspection were processed and the application was cleared for payment.

An advance Single Payment Scheme payment of €1325.20 was issued on 14 November 2007. The remaining payment of €1328.81 will issue in the first week of December 2007.

Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 21 September, with payments issuing in respect of those cases cleared for payment at that stage. Payments continue to issue as further cases subsequently become clear. The application of the person named was fully processed and the person named was paid €2,121.38 on 13 November 2007.

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 424: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status of the single farm payment application for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32207/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that Single Payment entitlements were established for farmers who were farming and in receipt of direct payments under the Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid Schemes during the reference years 2000, 2001 and 2002 and who continued to farm in 2005. The person named did not receive payments under the Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid Schemes during the reference years and, therefore, no Single Payment entitlements were established for him. In addition, payment of the Single Payment Scheme is based on the number of eligible hectares declared by an applicant on his/her Single Payment Scheme application form. The person named did not submit a Single Payment Scheme application form in 2005, 2006 or 2007.

The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category A which caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or died by 16 May, 2005 and who had leased out his/her holding to a third party during the reference period 2000 to 2002. There is no record of the Deed of Transfer for the land in question having been received with the 2005 National Reserve application. The land in question must also have been declared by the applicant on their 2005 Single Payment application form. The person named was deemed ineligible as he did not submit a Single Payment Scheme application form in 2005.

Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 425: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their area based payment. [32216/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2007. Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 21 September, with payments issuing in respect of those cases cleared for payment at that stage. Payments continue to issue as further cases subsequently become clear. The application of the person named was fully processed and the applicant was paid his Disadvantaged Areas Scheme payment, which amounted to €3,089.85, on 27 November 2007.

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Issues relating to the transfer of entitlements and the incorporation of the decoupled Dairy Premium for 2005 and 2006 with payment entitlements established during the 2000 to 2002 reference period by the father of the person named, proved to be extremely complicated in this case. However, my Department has now resolved these issues and the outstanding payments due to the person named will issue within the coming ten days.