Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 1005: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38763/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2009 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 12 May 2009. While the person named declared 18.14 hectares, following a ground inspection, a determined area of 16.71 hectares was established. The 70% advance payment of the Single Payment, which will issue shortly to the person named, will reflect the results of the inspection in accordance with the Terms and Conditions governing the scheme, payment is based on the number of eligible hectares determined at inspection, reduced by twice the difference, in hectares, between the number of hectares declared or the number of entitlements held, if lower.