Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 January 2005
137 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for entitlements under the national reserve by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2284/05]
View answerApplications to the 2005 single payment national reserve are being prepared for processing. In the processing of applications, priority, from a timing point of view, will be given to applications from farmers who may qualify for additional single payment entitlements from the national reserve as distinct from farmers who may qualify for a top-up on existing entitlements. Farmers in the former category will need to know the number of payment entitlements to which they will be entitled before submitting their 2005 single payment application form the closing date for which will be 16 May 2005. Accordingly, I hope to notify such farmers in plenty of time before the closing date for their single payment application. The amounts to be allocated from the reserve will of course be notified to all eligible farmers when all applications are processed. It is not possible to decide on any one case such as the person named at this time.
138 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application for entitlements from the National Reserve by a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2285/05]
View answerThe person named submitted an application for consideration under the ‘new entrant' and ‘inheritance' measures of the single payment scheme. That application has been fully processed and the person named has been successful in respect of both measures. However, in this case the 'new entrant' measure is the financially more beneficial to the person named. A letter advising him that the year 2000 will be excluded from the calculation of his single payment entitlement will issue this week and a statement of provisional entitlements reflecting this position will issue shortly.
Applications to the 2005 single payment national reserve are being processed and in view of the number of applications received and accompanying documentation submitted, it will be some time before processing is completed. Given that the person named has received the benefit of the 'new entrant' measure applicable to farmers who commenced farming during the reference period, 2000 to 2002, he will not be allocated any entitlement from the national reserve under the new entrant category applicable to farmers who commenced farming after 31 December 2002. Furthermore, it is unlikely that he will receive any allocation from the national reserve unless he made an appropriate investment for which he has not already received any benefit under the new entrant measure.
139 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the single payment entitlements for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2286/05]
View answerThe person named has submitted documentation to indicate that she wishes to be considered under the inheritance measure of the single payment scheme. However, no application form was submitted with this documentation. My Department has been in contact with the person named and has advised her to complete the necessary form.
A blank application form and addressed return envelope have been posted today to the person named. On receipt of the completed application form the matter will receive immediate attention.
