Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who owns 15 hectares, some of it quite far away from their house, can stack their entitlements for seven hectares and sell or lease the other portion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17154/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Farmers who satisfy certain conditions are eligible to apply to have their entitlements consolidated (Stacked). The reduction in the number of hectares must have arisen because of one or more of the following circumstances: The acquisition of land by a public authority under a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) for non-agriculture. Lands leased in/rented in during all or part of the reference period (2000-2002) where the lease/rental agreement has expired or will expire and the land parcels in question are no longer available. Land that is sold or leased out by the farmer is not eligible for Consolidation (Stacking) under the Single Payment Scheme.