Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [32950/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The application in this case was submitted on 17/1/08 and, if found to be valid, his REPS 4 contract will commence from 1 February 2008. Advance payments of 75% under the EU regulations governing REPS 4 can only issue when all administrative checks on applications for REPS 4 and the 2008 Single Payment Scheme are completed. This work is still ongoing and it is expected that payments will commence within the next five to six weeks. The balancing 25% payment will follow when all 2008 REPS on-farm inspections have taken place.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive the disadvantaged area scheme payment in view of the fact that their sheep numbers are restricted according to their REP scheme plan. [32951/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The position is that an application under the Single Payment Scheme /Disadvantaged Area Compensatory Allowance Scheme was received from the person named on the 7th April 2008. As part of the control procedures under EU legislation governing these Schemes, the application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility inspection. The inspection was carried out on the 8th August and the details of the inspection have been entered on the Department's system. The application has been cleared and the payment will issue shortly.