Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of the single EU payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34668/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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While under the EU regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme, the earliest date payments may issue is 1 December of the scheme-year concerned, provision is also made for payments to be made earlier, subject to EU approval. Prompted by the very wet summer, which seriously affected farming, I approached the Agriculture Commissioner seeking agreement to an early advance 50% payment, in line with arrangements agreed for the 2007 scheme. I am pleased to say that the necessary approval was readily forthcoming and payments are now scheduled to begin issuing on 16 October, the first day of the new EU financial year.

The advance payment for the person named, in respect of the 2008 Single Payment Scheme, will be among those issuing from 16 October. Balancing payments will begin to issue from 1 December.

Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 308: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of the single EU payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [34669/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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While under the EU regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme, the earliest date payments may issue is 1 December of the scheme-year concerned, provision is also made for payments to be made earlier, subject to EU approval. Prompted by the very wet summer, which seriously affected farming, I approached the Agriculture Commissioner seeking agreement to an early advance 50% payment, in line with arrangements agreed for the 2007 scheme. I am pleased to say that the necessary approval was readily forthcoming and payments are now scheduled to begin issuing on 16 October, the first day of the new EU financial year. The advance payment for the person named, in respect of the 2008 Single Payment Scheme, will be among those issuing from 16 October. Balancing payments will begin to issue from 1 December.