Bernard J. Durkan
Question:150 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the extent to which applications for single payment have been favourably responded to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29618/04]
View answerThursday, 18 November 2004
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The new single payment scheme will replace all livestock premia and arable aid schemes and will be introduced in Ireland from 1 January 2005. It is envisaged that there will be one composite form incorporating area aid and single payment applications. Consequently, applications under the single payment scheme will not be available to farmers until the 2005 area aid application becomes available in spring 2005. My Department is in the process of calculating entitlements for each farmer and has already issued provisional statements of entitlements to some 130,000 farmers.