Michael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 616: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied); when REP scheme payments will be made to farmers in County Wexford; when the last payments for County Wexford were made; and the date that payment should have been made. [4738/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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My officials are still dealing with issues that arose in this person's REPS plan and will be in touch with him about the matter within 10 working days. REPS scheme payments are made on a weekly basis and the last payment run which included Wexford participants was made on 1 February 2010.

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 617: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application under the installation aid scheme which has been lodged with his Department for more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4751/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is an applicant under the Installation Aid Scheme. Under the terms of the Scheme, payment of the grant concerned is made once it has been established that the requirements of the Scheme have been met, including the conditions in relation to property, education and income. The outcome of my Department's examination of the application will be made known to the applicant shortly.

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 618: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their installation aid payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4752/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is an applicant under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme. Under the terms of the Scheme, payment of the grant concerned is made once it has been established that the requirements of the Scheme have been met, including the conditions in relation to property, education and income. The outcome of my Department's examination of the application will be made known to the applicant shortly.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 619: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be allocated single payment scheme entitlements from the national reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4917/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application under the 2005 National Reserve under Category B and the Hill Farmers' Scheme.

Category B catered for farmers who made an investment in production capacity in a farming sector for which a direct payment under Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000 – 2002. Investments included the purchase or long-term lease of land, purchase of suckler and/or ewe quota or other investments. The application submitted by the person named under this category was in respect of the purchase of lands. Under the terms and conditions for this category the lands had to have been purchased between the 1 January 2000 and 13 October 2003.

The person named submitted details indicating the lands that he was applying on was registered in his name on the 19 August 1999 and as this was prior to the 1 January 2000 he was not eligible under this category. The person named subsequently appealed this decision to the Single Payment Appeals Committee who upheld the Department's decision.

The Hill Farmers Scheme catered for farmers with commonage land who were prevented from expanding their sheep production during the 2000 – 2002 reference period pending publication of the Commonage Framework Plans in 2003. The farmers concerned must have had a stocking density of less than 3 livestock units per hectare in 2001 and their Single Payment must have been less than €6,000.

The Department's records indicate that the person named did not establish a stocking density in 2001 and did not expand into sheep production following the publication of the Commonage Framework plans in 2003. Therefore he was deemed ineligible under the Hill Farmers' Scheme. Officials from my Department will now liaise directly with the person named to establish if there are particular circumstances that may allow for a review of his case.

John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 620: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive payment for the sale of cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5039/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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A cheque for monies due to the person concerned issued from my Department on 22nd January 2010.