Written answers

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19648/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named held 24.58 Standard National Reserve entitlements of which 24.56 entitlements were leased to another farmer by way of one year lease under the 2013 scheme year. The balance of 0.02 of an entitlement remained unused.

As the person named was not eligible to receive a direct payment in 2013, she has not established an allocation right and therefore is not eligible to receive an allocation of entitlements under the Basic Payment scheme. In this context my Department wrote to the person named to advise her of this position and to recommend the permanent transfer of her entitlements under the 2014 scheme year by way of gift or sale to a person who holds an allocation right for the new scheme.

In addition my Department issued a letter confirming the reversion of her entitlements to her account on expiry of the lease.

Following the linear reduction applied to the value of entitlements at the start of the 2014 scheme year, the person named holds 24.43 entitlements with a unit value of €479.26 and a total value of €11,708.32.

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