Written answers

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Agriculture Schemes Payments

Photo of Michael MoynihanMichael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the concerns in the farming community regarding situations where farmers who have entered into partnerships with sons or daughters, and where the possibility of delays in issuing payments under the new Common Agricultural Policy is causing a cashflow problem towards the end of the year; if he will confirm that there will not be delays to payments in these situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27187/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department has received approximately 135,000 applications under the Basic Payment Scheme. Processing of these applications is underway. The applications include those submitted by individual farmers, farm partnerships and cases where a son or daughter was added to the herd number. If any errors or queries are discovered during the processing of the applications, the applicants will be written to by my Department. These applicants are urged to respond to queries without delay in order to ensure the prompt issue of payments when these commence on 16 October 2015.

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