Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be accepted as a new entrant for allocations from the National Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6768/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In order to be eligible under the priority category of New Entrant under the National Reserve, the applicant must:

- Be participating in the Basic Payment Scheme in the year in which s/he applies to the National Reserve;

- Have commenced the present agricultural activity in the 2013 calendar year or any later year;

- Not have had any agricultural activity in his/her own name and at his/her own risk in the five years preceding the start of the present agricultural activity;

- Have successfully completed a recognised course of education in agriculture giving rise to an award at FETAC level 6 or its equivalent, or have committed to commencing such a course by 30^thSeptember 2016;

- Have a gross off-farm income that does not exceed €40,000 in one of the tax years 2013 or 2014.

Full details of the Terms and Conditions of the National Reserve are available on my Department’s website at . Alternatively, the above named person can contact my Department directly at 0761 064 446 or at and my staff will be glad to provide assistance.