Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who has been in farming since 2004 and has made an application every year of entitlements since then from the national reserve operated by his Department, has not been granted entitlements; if steps will be taken to allocate him or her a cohort of entitlements under the national reserve scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20857/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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While the person named has submitted a Single Payment application form since the introduction of the Single Payment Scheme in 2005 my Department does not have any record of a National Reserve application form being submitted for the person named for the scheme years 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008.

However, the person named has submitted an application under Category A of the 2009 National Reserve. This category caters for farmers who inherited, leased or otherwise received free of charge, or for a nominal amount, from a farmer who retired or died before 16 May 2005, a holding that was leased out to a third party during the 2000-2002 reference period.

The National Reserve application from the person named was received in my Department on 8 May 2009. Processing of the 2009 National Reserve will commence shortly and the person named will be notified of the outcome of his application in due course.