Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 299: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the balance of area aid based payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47045/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2010 Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named on 14 April 2010. The 75% advance payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme, which issued on 21 September, was on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of other land parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation. This process is now complete and the application is being processed, with a view to the further payments due issuing shortly.

Dinny McGinley (Donegal South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 300: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the balance of single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [47046/10]

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 14 April 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October and the further 30% payment under the same Scheme, which issued on 1 December, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of other land parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation. This process is now complete and the application is being processed, with a view to the further payments due issuing shortly.

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 301: 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. [47050/10]

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 Payment 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.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 302: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) will receive their single farm payment. [47055/10]

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 17 May 2010. A payment under the Single Payment Scheme issued to the person named on 8 December in respect of the clear eligible area, however, some of the land parcels listed on the application required digitisation. This process is now complete and the balancing payment due will issue shortly.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 303: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the balance of single farm payment will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [47083/10]

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 4 May 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October and the further 30% payment under the same Scheme, which issued on 1 December, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of other land parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation. This process is now complete and the application is being processed, with a view to the further payments due issuing shortly.

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 304: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he will take to expedite single farm payment, disadvantaged area scheme and REP scheme payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47091/10]

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 6 May 2010.The 75% advance payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 21 September and 18 October 2010 respectively, were on the basis of the land cleared at that stage, as a number of parcels declared required digitising.

Balancing payments under the scheme, 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, have now received an interim balancing payment; in the case of the person named, the interim balancing payment issued on 1 December. These farmers, including the person named, will receive the final instalment of their balancing payment when their maps are re-digitised and their applications are fully clear. The REPS application of the person named will be processed further immediately as the necessary digitising is completed.

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named on 29 April 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 5 November, the further 30% payment under the same Scheme, which issued on 1 December, as well as the 75% advance payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme which issued on 21 September, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of other land parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation. This process is now complete and the application is being processed, with a view to the further payments due issuing shortly.

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 306: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment and disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47121/10]

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 5 May 2010. Following digitising of a parcel declared, an over-claim was revealed, which has since been resolved following correspondence with the person named. Outstanding payments under both Schemes will issue shortly.

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the cow suckler scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47122/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The person named registered 14 animals under the 2009 Suckler Welfare Scheme. While one animal was deemed ineligible, as it was sold before weaning, and a second animal was born as a twin (each Suckler Cow is only paid on once in a scheme year, the twin being therefore not eligible), payment in respect of the remaining 12 animals issued to the person named last week. This represents full payment due to the person named.