Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19442/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named entered the Early Retirement Scheme in 1999 at which time she leased her land to another farmer. The conditions of the Early Retirement Scheme prohibit a return to farming but she is free to dispose of her land by lease or sale as normal.

As the person retired in 1999, she did not farm during the reference period of 2000 to 2002 and did not establish entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme and therefore is not eligible to participate in the new Basic Payment Scheme which takes effect in 2015.