Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the payments that were received from her Department by persons (details supplied) in County Mayo for the years 2001 and 2002. [7949/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The persons named were granted a herd number by my Department on 12 October 2001. According to my Department's records, the persons named submitted no applications under the Livestock Premia Schemes or the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme in respect of the 2001 or 2002 scheme years. An application was lodged under the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) on 3 September 2002. My Department issued payment in respect of this application in February 2003.

The persons named applied for an allocation of entitlements under category D of the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve. Category D catered for farmers who commenced farming after 31 December 2002 or who, having commenced farming during 2002, did not draw down any direct payments in that year. The application was deemed ineligible as the persons named commenced farming in 2001. On a re-examination of the file it appears that the persons named purchased land in 2002. They might therefore qualify for an allocation from the 2005 National Reserve under category B(1)(investment in land) While the persons named did not apply to the 2005 National Reserve under this category my Department will now examine the case again with a view to making an allocation from the 2005 National Reserve. The persons named will be informed of the outcome in writing.