The position is that payment of €4,452.50 issued on 22 September 2006 in respect of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme 2006. The person named submitted an application for an allocation of entitlements from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve under Categories B and D. Category B caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, made an investment in production capacity in 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 and 2002. Investments can include purchase or long term lease of land, purchase of suckler and/or ewe quota or other investments. The person named applied under B(i) purchase of land. Category D caters for farmers who commenced farming after 31 December 2002 or who commenced farming in 2002 but who received no direct payments in respect of that scheme year.
The person named has submitted documentation regarding the transfer of lands, and my Department has requested further documentation with regard to this transaction. When this documentation is received my Department will process this case further. It should be noted however that the rules governing the Single Payment Scheme stipulate that an applicant who is found to be eligible under more than one category in the Reserve may only receive an allocation of entitlements under whichever category is most beneficial to him.