Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford is entitled to a single payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17954/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department received an application from the person named for an allocation of entitlements under the 2012 National Reserve Scheme on 10^thMay 2012. This application was rejected as one of the requirements for an allocation of entitlements from the 2012 National Reserve was that a farmer must have commenced farming after 17^thMay 2010. Departmental records show that the person named commenced farming in 1999. The person named will therefore not qualify under the Young Farmers Scheme.

If the person named has never held any entitlements he may be eligible to apply for an allocation of entitlements under the Scottish Derogation. Detailed Terms and Conditions for the Scottish Derogation are available on my Department’s website . My Department can be contacted directly at lo call 0761 064447 if any further information is required.