Dáil Éireann - Volume 606 - 04 October, 2005

Written Answers. - Direct Payment Schemes.

Mr. Hayes Mr. Hayes

  387. Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who applied for assistance from the single payment scheme national reserve category C. [26261/05]

Mary Coughlan Mary Coughlan

  Mary Coughlan:The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the single payment scheme national reserve under category C which caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, sold their quota into the milk quota restructuring scheme and converted their enterprise to a farming sector for which a direct payment under livestock premiums or arable aid schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000 to 2002.

Applications for an allocation of entitlements from the national reserve were received from over 17,500 farmers. Processing of these applications is continuing and the intention is to make allocations to successful applicants by 1 December next. The Department will be in touch with individual applicants as soon as their applications are fully processed.

Question No. 388 withdrawn.

Mr. Deenihan Mr. Deenihan

  389. Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when single farm payments will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26308/05]

Mary Coughlan Mary Coughlan

1476

  Mary Coughlan:Payments under the single payment scheme are scheduled to commence on 1 December 2005, in accordance with EU rules. An application under the single payment scheme was received from the person named on 26 April [1476] 2005, with a declared net area of 7.92 hectares. The application is being processed for payment on this basis.

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