John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their full payment for disadvantaged area aid in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30530/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2011. Final processing of the application has recently been completed, and an additional payment due under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue shortly.

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment for disadvantaged area aid in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30531/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2011. Processing of the application has recently been completed. Payments under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and Single Farm Payment advance payment issued on 18 October and 19 October respectively.

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, further to Parliamentary Question No. 786 of 14 September 2011, when the person will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30539/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced REPS 4 in 2008 and has received full payments for the first two years of his contract. In addition, 75% of their third year payment issued on 31 December 2010 for the amount of €3546.00. An area based discrepancy was discovered following a cross check between the Single Farm Scheme application for 2010 from the person named and the REPS agri-environmental plan. This discrepancy has resulted in the imposition of a penalty and a delay in processing the final 25% payment due under REPS 4 for 2010.

My Department is currently making arrangements to process outstanding payments to farmers of the 25% due in respect of 2010 in the cases where penalties were incurred and I expect payment to commence in these cases in October.

Arrangements are also well advanced to issue payments in respect of 2011 and I expect that these payments will commence in November.

Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30573/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2011 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 24 April 2011, processing of which is now complete, thereby allowing payment to issue in the coming days.

Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application to the national reserve for more entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30578/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application for consideration of an allocation of entitlements under the New Entrant category of the 2011 National Reserve. This category catered for farmers who commenced farming after the 15 May 2009. A New Entrant is also defined as a farmer who did not pursue any agricultural activity in his/her own name or at his/her own risk in the five years immediately preceding the commencement of the new agricultural activity.

In addition, the person named submitted an application under the New Entrant category of the 2010 National Reserve. The application for the person named was deemed eligible and notification of same was issued on 21 March 2011. As the person named received an allocation from the National Reserve New Entrant Category in 2010, his 2011 application is deemed ineligible and he has been informed accordingly.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30586/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2011. On processing the application, over claims and overlaps were identified on a number of the parcels as declared by the person named and he was written to in this regard. This issue has now been resolved and payments relating to Disadvantaged Areas and Single Payment application will issue forthwith.