Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 December 2004
192 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers in County Wexford who have not received an area aid payment; the reason for the delay in payment; when payments will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33689/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraSome 314 area aid applications for 2004 remain unclear for various reasons including the fact that a number of farmers either over-declared their area on their 2004 area aid application form or did not supply sufficient information for their applications to be processed. In many instances, where area over-declarations have been detected, it has been necessary to arrange on-farm inspections to establish the correct area for payment purposes. These inspections have now been carried out and the results are being processed as quickly as possible.
193 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers in each county who have not received area aid; the reason for the delay; when payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33690/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe table below sets out the number of livestock and arable scheme applications in each county where 2004 area aid applications have not yet been finalised. A number of farmers either over-declared their area on their 2004 area aid application form or did not supply sufficient information for their applications to be processed. In many instances, where area over-declarations have been detected, it has been necessary to arrange a ground inspection to establish the correct area for payment purposes. In most instances, these inspections have now been carried out and the results are being processed as quickly as possible. The remaining inspections will be undertaken without delay.
My Department has processed over 98% of area aid applications for 2004 to date.
|
County |
Livestock Premia unclear |
Arable Aid Unclear |
|
Carlow |
53 |
9 |
|
Cavan |
25 |
1 |
|
Clare |
45 |
1 |
|
Cork |
196 |
38 |
|
Donegal |
114 |
14 |
|
Dublin |
11 |
0 |
|
Galway |
124 |
24 |
|
Kerry |
135 |
4 |
|
Kildare |
98 |
17 |
|
Kilkenny |
20 |
3 |
|
Laois |
49 |
5 |
|
Leitrim |
36 |
0 |
|
Limerick |
45 |
1 |
|
Longford |
16 |
1 |
|
Louth |
19 |
3 |
|
Mayo |
86 |
3 |
|
Meath |
107 |
18 |
|
Monaghan |
15 |
2 |
|
Offaly |
65 |
10 |
|
Roscommom |
44 |
4 |
|
Sligo |
49 |
2 |
|
Tipperary |
160 |
27 |
|
Waterford |
61 |
12 |
|
Westmeath |
29 |
2 |
|
Wexford |
297 |
104 |
|
Wicklow |
76 |
14 |
|
Total in Country |
1,975 |
319 |
Please note that there are duplications as some farmers would have applied for both arable and livestock payments.
194 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the application forms for new entrants who wish to apply for the single farm payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33838/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the single payment scheme, farmers who commenced farming during the reference years 2000, 2001 or 2002, may apply to have their single payment based on the year or years they were farming during the reference period. Application forms to apply for this facility have been available for some months and may be obtained from The Single Payment Section, Department of Agriculture and Food, Old Abbeyleix Road, Port Laoise, County Laois, telephone locall 1890 200113 or from any local office of the Department.
Farmers who commenced farming after the reference period, that is, after 31 December 2002, or farmers who commenced in 2002 but received no direct payments in that year, may apply to the national reserve for entitlements. Objective criteria as regards age, income and farming qualifications will apply to those applicants.
Application forms for the national reserve will be available shortly from the Single Payment Section, Department of Agriculture and Food, Michael Davitt House, Castlebar, County Mayo, telephone locall 1890 200507, or from any local office of the Department.
195 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of farmers who will not receive payment under the single farm payment; the number who will receive more than €200,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33839/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraAll farmers who received direct payments during the reference period, 2000 to 2002, and dairy farmers who will benefit from the decoupled dairy premium in 2005 will be entitled to claim the single payment, if they are actively farming in 2005.
To date, 11 statements of provisional entitlements have issued with an entitlement value of more than €200,000.
