John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the 4,000 farmers identified who are under 40 years of age and who commenced farming between 2002 to 2008 with entitlements below national average, the number of these who did avail of installation aid available at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21060/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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On 1 April 2015 officials from my Department met with a group representing farmers under the age of 40, who established their holdings prior to 2008 and who hold low value entitlements.  Following the meeting my Department carried out analysis to establish the total number of farmers in this group. It was established that this group comprises some 3,900 farmers. My Department’s records show that 898 of these 3,900 farmers availed of Installation Aid available at the time.