Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the extent to which all farm payments for the past four years to date in 2010 have been completed in full; the number of cases referred for review and re-evaluation in each year; the reason for any rejection arising; the criteria used for review; if specific areas of the country have been singled out for review resulting in delayed payment; if on review it has emerged that similar applications in exactly identical circumstances have resulted in payment in some and rejection and delay of others; when it is expected that all outstanding payments will be made up to date in respect of each category of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40539/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is involved in the payment of a wide range of grants and subventions including, for example, payments under the Single Payment Scheme to some 130,000 beneficiaries and area based compensation allowances to some 102,000 farmers. The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department and the resources required to compile the level of detail would not be justified in the required timeframe. However, details of payments made under EU Schemes for the years 2007 to 2009 are available on my Department's website.