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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2006

Tuesday, 4 July 2006

Questions (495, 496, 497, 498, 499)

Paul Kehoe

Question:

505 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the guidelines surrounding the free advisory service to farmers who are in receipt of €15,000 plus on their single farm payment; the level of advisory service the farmers who are in receipt of less than €15,000 will receive; the persons who will be given such advisory services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25622/06]

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Written answers

Under the new EU Rural Development Policy Framework an advisory service providing advice to farmers on meeting cross-compliance requirements, which are compulsory for those receiving direct payments, must be introduced in Member States by 1 January 2007. The service will provide advice on meeting statutory European requirements in relation to the environment, food safety, animal and plant health and animal welfare. Participation by farmers is voluntary but priority must be given to those receiving more than €15,000 annually under the Single Farm Payment.

The body/bodies selected to provide the service must have the appropriate resources in the form of qualified staff, administrative and technical facilities and advisory experience. Detailed arrangements for the provision of the service will be considered in the context of the new rural development programme which is being drawn up for the period 2007-2013.

Ned O'Keeffe

Question:

506 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork received a reduced rate of installation aid payment. [25624/06]

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Under the Installation Aid Scheme, deadlines are set down by which the preliminary application (IAS 1) and the payment application (IAS 2) must be received by my Department. As both these applications were submitted outside these deadlines by the person concerned, a penalty of €2,285.52 was applicable.

Olwyn Enright

Question:

507 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a REP scheme payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, despite the fact that it has been applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25679/06]

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The person named was paid in February 2006.

Olwyn Enright

Question:

508 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a single farm payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly, despite the fact that it has been applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25680/06]

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The Single farm payment has been paid in this case.

In January 2005 this herd number was transferred to the second person named. However, in May 2005, the Single Payment Scheme application was submitted in the name of the first person resulting in the need to transfer the Single Payment entitlements from that person to the second person named.

The application to transfer the entitlements was received in my Department on 19 January 2006. It was processed and payment in respect of 11.20 entitlements amounting to €5,622.23 issued to the second person named on 31 January 2006.

Paul Kehoe

Question:

509 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive their full dairy premium payment; the reason for the delay on payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25706/06]

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As indicated in my reply to an earlier Parliamentary Question regarding this case, an application under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2005. Under EU legislation, in order to draw down his or her full Single Payment, an applicant must declare an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement. This requirement was set out clearly in the documentation supplied to farmers on a number of occasions. However, as the person named declared no land on his application form, payment of the SPS has not been made. Officials of my Department were in direct contact with the person named with a view to finding a satisfactory conclusion to this case. However, as the person named declared no land on the application form, payment of the 2005 Dairy Premium cannot be made.

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