557 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason the single farm payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite this payment. [14460/06]

595 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the single farm payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [15205/06]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 557 and 595 together.

As the person named did not submit an application form for the transfer of entitlements by way of inheritance, an official of my Department has been in direct contact with him and advised him as to the documentation which must be submitted to my Department to allow the transfer of the entitlements in question. The case will be processed as quickly as possible when the required documentation is submitted to my Department.

558 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will have the costings upon which a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was awarded a grant towards his on-farm investment reviewed as it is clear that the costings upon which this grant was based are clearly under estimated, whereby the grant appears to be based on an estimate of €41,000 while the actual costs of the building was €65,000; if she will take steps to have the 40% grant based upon the actual figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14469/06]

The person concerned applied for grant-aid under the farm waste management scheme on 30 August 2005. Under the conditions of the scheme, the standard costings at the time of issue of my Department's approval are applicable. As the grant eventually paid to the applicant was calculated on the basis of these standard costings, there are no grounds for revision of the grant concerned.

559 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there are further developments in the issue of final payment to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the single payment scheme. [14485/06]

The application under the 2005 single payment scheme in this case has now been fully processed and the final payment has issued.

560 Mr. Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress to date on the national reserve application by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [14493/06]

The person named applied to the single payment scheme national reserve 2005 under categories B and C.

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 to 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 to be considered under the other investments section of this category. My Department's records show that a letter has issued to him requesting additional information under this category and when this is received his application will be further examined.

Category C caters for farmers who, between 1 January 2000 and 19 October 2003, 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.

It should be noted 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.