Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received payment for their first year in REP scheme four; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that because the applicant was not permitted to join REP scheme three there is now an undue delay on payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43317/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Where a valid REPS 4 application has been submitted, advance payments of 75% under the EU regulations governing REPS 4 can issue only when all administrative checks on all 2008 applications for REPS 4 and the Single Payment Scheme are completed. The balancing 25% payment will follow when all 2008 REPS on-farm inspections have taken place. Following the resolution of industrial action in local offices of my Department, the administrative checking has been resumed with a view to releasing payments as soon as possible.

Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their single farm payment or their area based payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43321/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 7th May 2008. This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and cross compliance inspection. The file is currently being processed and payment will issue shortly. The delay in this case arose because of the need to clarify a number of issues relating to the parcels claimed by the person named.

Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the suckler cow welfare grant will be awarded in respect of all animals sought on application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a small mistake occurred; if he will accept that the herd owner made a genuine mistake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43327/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person named applied for the Suckler Welfare Scheme on 15 January 2008. Each applicant is obliged to submit data in respect of animal events for beef calves born during 2008, e.g. disbudding, meal introduction and weaning. These mainly consist of dates, with the date of weaning the most important, as it triggers the payment process. To date, 17 calves have been tagged and registered, and of these 12 have been processed following the receipt of the weaning date.

Five animals have qualified for payment, with €81.18 paid on 11 November 2008, and a further €316.52 is now due to issue. The remaining 7 animals are still in error as a result of conflicting dates for weaning and meal feeding, and this has also resulted in a penalty deduction of €12.30 from the first two payments. Staff from the Suckler Herds Section of my Department in Portlaoise will be in contact with the person named shortly to seek to resolve the error queries.