DED basis for 2005 SFP Reserve

ENTITLEMENTS from the 2005 Single Payment Scheme National Reserve will be based on the District Electoral Division average.

Some 5,000 successful applicants will shortly receive National Reserve allocations worth €10.9m. But some 6,900 unsuccessful applicants will be notified.

The first payments are expected to include €4.662m for suckler farmers who invested in herd expansion between January 1, 2000 and October 19, 2003.