Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payment and area aid payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [44192/10]

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 28 April 2010. This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Animal Identification Inspection. The inspection process is completed and the application has now been fully processed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme will issue within a week. The 50% balancing payment under the Single Payment Scheme will issue after 1 December.

Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 133: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if any assistance is available for a person (details supplied) to put an underpass on a road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44213/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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There is no grant-aid available from my Department for the construction of cattle underpasses.

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received payment under the installation aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44231/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Grant-aid under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme was paid by my Department to the person concerned on 18 October 2010.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 135: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when same will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44331/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 20 April 2010. Advance payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued on 29 September and under the Single Payment Scheme on 18 October 2010, both on the basis of the land cleared at that stage. Parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation and this process is now complete. The balancing payment due under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue to the person named shortly. Payment of the balance due under the Single Payment Scheme will commence on 1 December, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant EU Regulations.

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44385/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 16 April 2010. As this application is now fully processed, payment will issue to the person named shortly.

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 137: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44386/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2010. The 50% advance payment, which issued on 18 October 2010, on the basis of the land cleared at that stage, as a number of parcels declared required digitising. While balancing payments are scheduled to commence issuing as and from 1 December, such payments would, in normal circumstances, be confined to those whose applications are fully processed, specifically, where all digitising is finalised. However, following recent consultation with the EU Commission, agreement was reached whereby, in addition to issuing balancing payments to those farmers whose applications are fully processed and whose maps are fully digitised, payments will also issue to those farmers where some or all of their maps are still to be digitised, with the payment being calculated on the basis of the digitised land confirmed otherwise eligible. I am pleased to say that, because of this change, many farmers, including the person named, whose balancing payments would otherwise have been delayed until their digitising is complete, will now receive an interim balancing payment. The position regarding the balancing payments is, therefore, as follows:

From 1 December all applicants will be paid their full balancing payments, where the case is fully processed and clear; Applicants, whose applications are fully clear, where the only outstanding issue is a non-digitised map(s), will be paid 80% of their balancing payment on the clear, digitised area (excluding their non-digitised land); these farmers will receive the final instalment of their balancing payment when their maps are re-digitised and their applications are fully clear.