Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 288: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the 2007 area based payment and single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7602/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Single Payment-Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received on the 24 April 2007. A request for the transfer of 48.36 standard entitlements to the person named under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme was also received on 24 April 2007. As the person named is not a registered herd owner and, as entitlements can only be transferred to persons who hold a herd number, it has not been possible to complete the requested transfer. The person named has been advised on several occasions of the need to obtain a herd number and has been directed to Galway District Veterinary Office, the body responsible for the issuing of herd numbers for that county.

In addition, as the requested transfer is by way of inheritance, the person named has been requested to submit documentation relating to the inheritance. To date, insufficient documentation has been received in support of the claim of the person named.

Possession of a valid herd number is also a requirement for eligibility under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme. Upon allocation of a herd number and receipt of outstanding documentation, my Department will process the application for both schemes and will correspond directly with the person named.