John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 339: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an appeal will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [47787/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application for an allocation 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 (up to €100 per hectare), 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 application from the person named is in respect of 2.82 hectares of land that was purchased by her on 25 November 2002. The person named paid €13,000 for this land, which equates to €4,609.93 per hectare. As this amount exceeds the nominal amount of €100 per hectare the person named was deemed ineligible for Category A. The person named was notified of this decision on 2nd December 2009 and informed of their right to appeal this decision to the Independent Single Payments Appeals Committee. To date no appeal has been received.

Tom Sheahan (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 340: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be awarded a grant before 25 December 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47788/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. Applications under this Scheme have been processed by my Department up to the level of funding provided for the Scheme in the 2006 Partnership agreement, Towards 2016.