Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have had their eligible hectares reduced in reviews of eligible hectares will have their total entitlements adjusted to match their eligible hectares by reducing the number of entitlements and increasing the value of each entitlement for the purpose of the BNS and Greening payment 2015-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6066/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As part of the ongoing implementation of the CAP Reform in Ireland, I announced yesterday that the number of payment entitlements to be allocated to a farmer in 2015 under the Basic Payment Scheme will be based on the number of hectares of eligible land declared by the farmer in 2013 and 2015, whichever is less. The numbers of eligible hectares taken into account in this calculation are those following any deduction for ineligible areas or features including those deductions made under the LPIS Review. Therefore, the entitlements and total value of those entitlements of the farmers in question are protected under the new regime as they are based on the eligible areas farmed and declared by applicants. By adhering to the requirements of the Scheme, farmers will benefit from both the basic payment and greening payment.