The position is that an application for the Transfer of Entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme to the person named was submitted on the 1st November 2006. The application was accepted even though the closing date for completed applications to transfer entitlements was the 16th May 2006.
During processing of the Transfer application it was necessary for an official of my Department to write to the person named on the 21st November 2006 and again on the 12th February 2007 to seek clarification on certain matters relating to the application. Further documentation was received on both the 23rd November 2006 and on 15th February 2007. The application is now fully processed and payment in respect of 9.19 transferred entitlements will issue shortly.
The person named also submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2006 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Category A. Category A caters for farmers who inherited land or received land free of charge or for a nominal sum from a farmer who had retired or died by 16 May, 2005 and who had leased out his/her holding to a third party during the reference period 2000 to 2002.
The position is that processing of the 2006 National Reserve applications will commence shortly and the intention is to make allocations to successful applicants at the earliest opportunity. A formal letter outlining my Department's decision on the National Reserve will issue to the person named as soon as his application has been processed.
