Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will not qualify for a single farm payment under the new Common Agricultural Policy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49840/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the CAP to be introduced in 2015 new entitlements can only be allocated to farmers who were paid in 2013. There is however provision in the regulation under which a Member State may decide to include farmers who never held entitlements under the current regime, but who can show evidence of agricultural production in 2013.

This issue was included in the consultative document issued by my department in July. The results of the consultative process are currently being collated and I intend to make a decision on the various issues before the end of 2013.