Dan Neville
Ceist:525 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding an application for 2006 single farm payment by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [35294/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 1 November 2006
Ceisteanna (451, 452, 453, 454, 455)
Freagraí scríofa
The person named submitted an application under Category C of the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve which caters for farmers 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. The person named was deemed successful under this category and was allocated a top-up from the National Reserve.
Under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve successful applicants under Category C of the 2005 National Reserve will now be eligible for a top-up from the 2006 National Reserve to reflect the increased value of the Dairy Premium in 2006. My Department will automatically apply this top-up and the farmers concerned need not make an application to the 2006 National Reserve. The person named will now be due an additional top-up which will be applied to his 2006 Single Payment. Provisions are currently being made to apply this top-up and it is expected that this will be in place soon. Once this top-up is applied, the person named will receive a 50% advance payment which will include the additional allocation from the 2006 National Reserve.
Jimmy Deenihan
Ceist:526 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a grant under the single payment scheme will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35306/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraAn application for the Transfer of Entitlements to the person named under the Single Payment Scheme was submitted on the 23rd of March 2006. This application has now been fully processed and payment in respect of 55.39 transferred entitlements will issue shortly.
Tom Hayes
Ceist:527 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the situation regarding a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has appealed a decision in their application under the single payment scheme national reserve. [35307/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs outlined in a reply to a previous Question from the Deputy, the person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the National Reserve under Category C which caters for farmers who sold their milk quota into a re-structuring scheme and converted to a farming sector for which a direct payment under the Livestock and/or Arable Aid Schemes would have been payable in respect of the years 2000 to 2002.
The person named sold his milk quota into a re-structuring scheme in April 2002 but he did not convert to a farming sector for which a direct payment under the Livestock and/or Arable Aid Schemes would have been payable in respect of the years 2000 to 2002 and therefore did not satisfy the criteria for an allocation of entitlements under Category C.
The person named submitted an appeal against this decision and provided additional documentation in support of his appeal. In all such cases, the procedure is that all contentions put forward in support of an appeal are first of all reviewed within my Department to see whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant any change to the original decision. In this case the documentation was examined by my Department but did not provide grounds for a change to the original decision. This case has since been forwarded to the Independent Single Payments 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.
Tom Hayes
Ceist:528 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment scheme. [35308/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Single Payment Scheme application of the person named has been fully processed and 50% advance payment will issue shortly. The Disadvantaged Area Scheme payment will issue also.
Joe Walsh
Ceist:529 Mr. Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if payment of single farm payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [35389/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs there is no record of an application under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme having been received from the person named, I have had arrangements made for an official of my Department to make direct contact with him with a view to clarifying the position.