Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reduction in value of the net unit value of standard entitlements compared to the new base unit value in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo . [13646/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Single Payment Scheme that operated for the years 2005 to 2014 provided a ‘single payment’ to all farmers based on the number and value of entitlements held. With the introduction of the reformed Common Agricultural Policy in 2015, the payment that all farmers will receive is no longer a single payment but consists of a payment under the Basic Payment Scheme, based on entitlements, and a separate payment for Greening. Consequently, the payment that a farmer receives from entitlements represents only a portion of the total direct payment he will receive. In 2014 the person named held 39.56 entitlements with a unit value of €125.90 and a total value of €4, 953.52. In addition the payment of €761.30 which he received under the Grassland Sheep Scheme is incorporated into the ‘value’ which is carried forward to the new Scheme. This ‘value’ when spread over the 37.51 entitlements gives a Unit Value of €101.82. However, the person named will receive a Greening payment of €48.06 per hectare.

While the person named held an entitlement value of €125.90 and a total entitlement value of €4,953.52 in 2014, his combined entitlement and Greening value per hectare in 2015 will equal €149.88 with a total value of €5,751.71. These values will converge upwards so that by 20 19 the person named will hold a combined entitlement and greening value per hectare of €170.12 and a total direct payment of €6,510.97.