377 Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delays in processing an application for area aid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42823/10]

An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 21 April 2010.

This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility and Animal Identification Inspection.

The inspection process is completed and the application has now been fully processed. The 50% advance under the Single Payment Scheme issued on 1 November 2010 with the balancing payment due in December. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue within a week.

378 Deputy Beverley Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their single farm payment and their disadvantaged area payment despite having submitted the required information on two separate occasions. [42840/10]

An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 13 May 2010. The validation process undertaken by my Department on the applications established that there were over-claims on two of the land parcels declared by the applicant. In keeping with standard procedure, the person named was written to; in reply, the person named appealed the level of over-claim on one of the parcels. Following review, the level of the over-claim was reduced. The application has now been fully processed. Payment in respect of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue within the next few days as will the 50% advance of the Single Payment. The Single Payment balancing payments will commence to issue on 1 December.

379 Deputy Beverley Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their single farm payment and when can they expect payment. [42856/10]

An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2010. The advance payment which issued on 18 October was based on those land parcels cleared at the time, as a number of parcels declared required digitising. As this process is now complete, the application is fully processed, which will allow the full outstanding payment issue on 1 December, from which date the balancing payments are scheduled to commence issuing.

380 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding an application for single farm and disadvantaged area payments which are due since September 2010 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42898/10]

An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 14 May 2010. The advance payments, which issued under the Disadvantaged Scheme and Single Payment Scheme on 21 September and 18 October respectively, were in respect of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of parcels listed required digitisation. As this process has now been completed, the balance due under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue shortly, while balancing payments due under the Single Payment Scheme are scheduled to commence issuing as and from 1 December.

381 Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [42908/10]

An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 6 May 2010. The 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme, which issued on 18 October and the 75% advance payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme, which issued on 29 September, were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage. A number of parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation; following digitisation, issues were revealed regarding an over-claim and overlap in respect of a number of parcels. My Department has written to the person named regarding these matters. On receipt of a satisfactory reply from the person named, the application will be further processed, with a view to the further payments due issuing shortly thereafter.

382 Deputy Edward O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a specific payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork [42915/10]

An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 26 April 2010. However, as all parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation, no payments could issue. It is expected that the digitising process will be completed shortly and, shortly thereafter, provided no errors are identified, the application will be further processed, with a view to the payment due issuing to the person named.

383 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not received payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42970/10]

The person named did not submit an application for the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme 2005 or in any subsequent year to date. Furthermore, the person named did not an Area Aid application in respect of 2003 or 2004. An official from my Department will contact the person named to discuss the situation.