As indicated in an earlier reply to the Deputy the person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category C.
Category C caters for farmers who were active milk producers who sold their milk quota into the Milk Quota Restructuring Scheme and converted their enterprise to a farming sector for which a direct payment under Livestock Premia and/or Arable Aid Schemes would have been payable during the reference period 2000 to 2002. Documentation received in my Department from the person named indicates that he ceased supplying milk in November 1998 and therefore was deemed unsuccessful as he was not an active milk producer up to the date of sale of the milk quota.
An appeal has been submitted by the person named. And it has been forwarded to the Independent Single Payment Appeals Committee who will carry out a full review of the case and will correspond directly with the person named following the outcome of their review.