Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 February 2005
196 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of applications under the force majeure scheme for single farm payment which have been received to date from persons in County Cork; the number which have been successful, refused, appealed successfully or otherwise, respectively; the number still awaiting a decision; and the number of cases that have been decided under different subject areas. [4395/05]
View answerThe following is the up to date position regarding the processing of force majeure applications received from herdowners in County Cork under the single payment scheme during the initial application period in 2004: number of cases received — 1662; number of successful applicants — 313; number of unsuccessful applicants — 1338; number awaiting decision — 11, of whom eight have already received insufficient documentation letters; number of applicants who submitted an appeal to the independent single payment appeals committee — 412; number of successful appeals — 27; number of unsuccessful appeals — 261; number of applicants awaiting a decision — 124.
The breakdown of applications received under the different subject areas is as follows: force majeure applications by category — death of applicant, 145; incapacity, 474; disaster, 17; destruction, 18; disease in herd, 349; other exceptional circumstance, 870. Some farmers, in their applications, requested consideration under more than one category.
My Department has also received in excess of 325force majeure applications under the second tranche of this measure. Processing of these applications has recently commenced.
