Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person on early retirement from farming with two years remaining can purchase agricultural land while under this scheme for the purposes of leasing it out; if this would contravene the terms of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7354/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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A participant in the early retirement from farming can purchase land for the purpose of leasing it out. Such a participant would not be in contravention of the scheme conditions once they did not revert to farming themselves.