Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 851: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be paid their SPS for 2007. [1832/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application was received on 9 May 2007 from the person named requesting the transfer of 1.0 standard entitlement by way of sale without land to another farmer. An issue relating to the proposed transferee prevented the immediate processing of this transfer. This issue has now been resolved and the requested transfer of entitlements has been fully processed. In addition, a second application from the person named to transfer entitlements, received on 3 May 2007, was subsequently withdrawn on 19 December 2007. As all transfer applications are now processed, payment will issue to the person named shortly.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 852: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a transfer of entitlements application, following the purchase of land will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that payment on these entitlements can issue. [1833/08]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 879: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the documents that were received from a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in relation to the transfer of entitlements following the purchase of land. [2290/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 852 and 879 together.

An application was received on 15 May 2007 requesting the transfer of 13.71 standard entitlements to the person named from another farmer by way of sale with land. A Deed of Transfer relating to the land transferred with entitlements was also received. When processing the application, it was noted that there was a discrepancy between the date of transfer of land as recorded on the Deed of Transfer (15 November 2006) and the date as declared on both the Transfer Application and the Single Payment application (1 September 2006). Accordingly, the person named was written to requesting that the discrepancy be resolved, either by confirming in writing that the land was available for his use from the earlier date, or by amending his Transfer Application. In addition, an official from my Department spoke with the person named to explain this issue and to clarify what was required. A reminder letter issued to the person named on the 9 January 2008. To date, no response has been received from the person named. Immediately on receipt of the required clarification from the person named, the requested transfer will be processed without delay.