John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 485: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the disadvantage area payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37232/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 April 2010. The application of the person named is now processed and 75% advance payment due under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme has issued. The 25% balancing payments under that Scheme are scheduled to commence issuing as and from 20 October 2010.

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 486: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo receive their payment under the area aid payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37234/10]

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 487: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the single farm payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37235/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 and 487 together.

An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named on the 27 April 2010.

This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility and animal identification inspection.

While all of the cases selected for ground eligibility inspection have now been inspected and a high level of payment has been achieved under the scheme, processing of a small number of inspection results, including those of the person named, remain to be completed, following which payment should issue shortly thereafter.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 488: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37249/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2010. Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 22 September, with an advance payment of 75% issuing in respect of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage. A number of parcels listed on the application of the person named required digitisation; immediately this process is complete, provided no errors are identified, the payment due will issue to the person named.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payments will issue to applicants under the new Agri-Environment Options Scheme; the number of applicants who will receive the maximum payment rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37250/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Under the EU Regulations governing the Agri-Environment Options Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. Payment will issue at the earliest possible date once these checks have been completed.

Until such time as all applications have been fully processed it is not possible to indicate the number of farmers qualifying for the maximum payment available under the scheme.