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Single Payment Scheme.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 January 2005

Wednesday, 26 January 2005

Questions (606, 607)

John Perry

Question:

668 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the decoupling payments for the herd of a person (details supplied) will be based on stock levels in 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1830/05]

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Written answers

A certificate of provisional entitlement under the single payment scheme issued to the person named on 5 October 2004. The statement included a detailed breakdown of how the provisional entitlements were calculated.

Farmers who are not satisfied with their provisional entitlement statement may seek a review on a form which is available from all local offices of my Department and from my Department's website. To date, the person named has not submitted a request for a review.

Prior to the issue of provisional entitlements, applications were invited from those farmers who considered that their farming activities during the reference years, 2000-02, had been adversely affected by force majeure circumstances; however, no such application was received from the person named.

Question No. 669 answered with QuestionNo. 662.

Denis Naughten

Question:

670 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers awaiting a decision on their application under the new entrant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1854/05]

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My Department has received and is processing 7,288 applications under the new entrants and new entrants with inheritance measures of the single payment scheme. Of this total, 2,295 applications are new entrants only and the balance of 4,993 are new entrants combined with Inheritance.

Some 4,092 applicants have received a decision in respect of their application and a further 2,868 have received correspondence from the single payment unit, Portlaoise requesting additional information in support of their applications. The remaining 328 cases have been processed and decision letters will issue shortly. A further 88 applications have been received in the past fortnight and processing of these has not yet commenced.

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