Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 696: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be awarded single payment scheme for 2005 under the force majeure and exceptional circumstances which were outlined to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12601/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person named applied under the force majeure / exceptional circumstances provision of the Single payment scheme in 2004. To comply with the requirements of force majeure / exceptional circumstances, production in respect of arable area or stock numbers must have been affected by the occurrence of the force majeure / exceptional circumstances during one or more of the reference years 2000 2001 or 2002 and the circumstances must be sudden, unforeseen and beyond the control of the applicant.

The person named did not qualify under force majeure / exceptional circumstances at the time as the circumstances either significantly preceded the reference period 2000-2002 or they were not regarded as sudden and unforeseen.

The person named submitted an appeal to the Independent Appeals Committee who carried out a full review of the case and upheld my Departments decision.