Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41045/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2010 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October and the 75% advance payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme, which issued on 13 September, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage. A number of parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation; immediately this process is complete, provided no errors are identified, the application will be further processed, with a view to the further payment due issuing shortly thereafter.

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 382: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of the single payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41046/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 1 May 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October was on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage. A number of parcels listed on the application of the person named require re-digitisation; immediately this process is complete, provided no errors are identified, the application will be further processed, with a view to the further payment due issuing shortly thereafter.

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan may expect to receive their single premium payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41096/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application on 17 May 2010 requesting the transfer of 0.98 standard entitlements to another farmer. Payment under the Single Payment Scheme cannot issue to a person who is transferring entitlements until the transfer is complete. As the farmer to whom the entitlements were being transferred was not the owner of a herd-number, it was not possible to complete the requested transfer. However a herd-number was allocated to the farmer in October 2010 and the requested transfer has now been processed. The 2010 Single Payment will issue to the person named shortly.

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 384: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cavan may expect to receive their single premium payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41097/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person named submitted an application on 17 May 2010 requesting the transfer of 3.41 standard entitlements to another farmer. Payment under the Single Payment Scheme cannot issue to a person who is transferring entitlements until the transfer is complete. As the farmer to whom the entitlements were being transferred was not the owner of a herd-number, it was not possible to complete the requested transfer. However a herd-number was allocated to the farmer in October 2010 and the requested transfer has now been processed. The 50% advance of the Single Payment issued on 5 November.

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41119/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 17 May 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Full Cross Compliance Inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed. Under EU regulations governing the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Single Payments Scheme all Ground Eligibility Inspections must be completed before any payment can issue to any applicant under either scheme.

In the vast majority of cases that were inspected amendments have had to be made to the maps in order that the Land Parcel Identification System used for making payments to farmers is kept up-to-date. Processing of these changes is continuing with priority being given to applications that were the subject of a Ground Eligibility Inspection.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in dealing with an application for a REP scheme payment, a single farm payment and an area-based compensation payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry despite the fact that all details for redigitisation were submitted in May 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41136/10]

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 14 April 2010, a number of parcels listed on which required digitising. This process was recently completed which allowed the 50% advance of the Single Payment and the full payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issue to the person named within recent days.

The EU Regulations governing REPS 4 and other area-based schemes provide that payments issue in two instalments. The first instalment of 75% may be paid once all administrative checks on all applications, as well as cross-checks against areas declared on Single Payment Scheme applications, have been completed. This process is under way and while my objective is to make all payments for 2010 as soon as possible, the checks are likely to take some weeks to complete. The balancing payment of 25% can issue once all on-the-spot inspections for the year have taken place. The programme of inspections is well advanced at this stage.

John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 387: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their headage payments as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41141/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 17 May 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Animal Identification Inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed. Under EU regulations governing the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Single Payments Scheme all Ground Eligibility Inspections must be completed before any payment can issue to any applicant under either scheme, including those not selected for a Ground Eligibility Inspection.

In the vast majority of cases that were inspected amendments have had to be made to the maps in order that the Land Parcel Identification System that is used for making payments to farmers is kept up-to-date. Processing of these changes is continuing with priority being given to applications that were the subject of a Ground Eligibility Inspection. Given the extenuating circumstances of this case processing will be quickly expedited.