Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme 4 payment. [16140/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted a REPS 4 application in November 2007. His REPS 4 plan will commence on 1 December 2007 and payment in respect of 2007 will therefore be for one month. It will be paid as soon as possible following some necessary changes to my Department's computer system which are currently under way. As all REPS 4 contracts will in future have an anniversary date of 1 January, my Department will adjust the length of this contract so that the anniversary date will become 1 January 2008 and the contract will be valid for a further 5 years from that date.

In 2008 the person named will receive 75% of a full year's REPS payment when all administrative checks for REPS and the 2008 Single Payment Scheme are completed. The remaining 25% payment will go out when the last of the year's REPS on-farm inspections has taken place. To receive his REPS 4 payment for 2008, the person named must also submit his Single Payment application by 15 May 2008.