Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 245: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be awarded their forestry payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40817/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that, as confirmed by the applicant's forestry company, the relevant provenance certification has not been lodged in my Department. The forestry company concerned expects to be in a position to submit the documentation within a week and provided the documentation is in order, payment will be made within a further two weeks.

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will expect to be in a position to pay both disadvantaged area payments and 70% single farm payment to those farmers that await 2009 plots to be digitised or redigitised on the land parcel identification system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40820/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 22 September, while the 70% advance payments under the Single Payment Scheme commenced on 19 October. Payments under both schemes initially issued in respect of those cases cleared for payment at that stage. Payments have continued to issue as outstanding matters are resolved. To date, payments to the value of €213,449,438 have issued to 95,839 applicants under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, while payments worth €857,578,936 have issued to 120,149 applicants under the Single Payment Scheme. Payments under both schemes may be made only in respect of eligible land. Applicants are obliged annually to declare the land parcels available to them. Details of the eligible area of the land parcels are recorded on my Department's Land Parcel Identification System. Details of the use and area claimed for each of some one million parcels on the Land Parcel Identification System are registered and continually monitored by my Department. Each year in advance of the closing date for the Single Payment Scheme. which is 15 May, my Department sends pre-printed application forms, including a list of parcels declared by the applicant in question the previous year, to each applicant. It is the responsibility of all applicants to ensure that the details in each year's application are accurate. Therefore, applicants are advised of the need to confirm their right to declare such parcels and to make the appropriate deductions to the area of eligible parcels as necessary, for example where a house or other building has been constructed, and to submit maps with their applications to allow accurate deductions to be made. It is also necessary for applicants to exclude ineligible features such as scrub. Therefore, the Land Parcel Identification System database has to be amended on an ongoing basis to reflect any permanent changes such as parcel boundary changes, addition of new parcels, etc.

Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the disadvantaged area payment 2009 and 70% single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40821/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2009 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 30 April 2009. The application of the person named has been fully processed and payments under both the Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue shortly.