Written answers

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 5 March 2015, when the information will be provided; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13073/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The following table presents the information requested regarding comparisons between payments received under the Single Payment Scheme in 2014 and estimated payments that will issue in 2019 for the groups of farmers specified. The categories listed below account for 88,290 farmers, out of an approximate 130,000 Irish farmers who will be eligible to participate under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme.

National SummaryNumber of Farmers
Less than 10K in 2014 & Greater than 10K 2019 3038
Less than 10K in 2014 and less than 10K in 2019 78,887
Greater than 10k in 2014 & Less than 10k in 2019 2534
Between 10 and 20k in 2014 and Less than 10k in 2019 2527
Between 10 and 20k in 2014 and Greater than 20k in 2019 546
Greater than 50k in 2014 & Less than 50k in 2019 676
Greater than 50k in 2014 & Greater than 50k in 2019 82
For the purposes of comparison, the estimate of 2019 payments is based on the entitlements held by a farmer under the Basic Payment Scheme plus the payment the farmer will receive under Greening. In some cases farmers who fall within the specified categories will also be eligible for an additional payment under the Young Farmers Scheme and/or for a further allocation of entitlements or increase in value of entitlements from the National Reserve. It is not possible to include such additional payments in the presentation of this data although such payments or allocations would significantly increase the 2015 payment received by such farmers.

The processing of any outstanding applications for the 2014 or earlier scheme years for individual farmers included in any one of the above categories may alter their values and result in minor changes to the above data.

Given the complexity of the changes, the information requested by the Deputy took some time to compile. In addition, a number of changes will take place in the system of direct payments between the 2014 scheme year and the 2019 scheme year which are reflected in this data. The national direct payment ceiling available to Ireland reduces from €1,216,547,000 in 2014 to €1,211,066,000 by 2019, a reduction of €5,481,000. In addition, for the purposes of calculating the value of new entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme, payments received under the Grassland Sheep Scheme in 2014 are incorporated into the value of entitlements held by those farmers who participated in that Scheme. This data also reflects the introduction of an estimated 6,000 new farmers into the system of direct payments through the implementation of the Scottish Derogation.

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