Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if qualifying young farmers under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme who need planning permission for work and will soon turn 40 years of age or will exceed the five-year rule will be given 14 weeks to secure planning permission from the time of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44777/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The closing date for the first tranche of the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme was the 25 September 2015. I am aware that there were a number of applicants who submitted their application prior to this closing date but who had issues with obtaining the full and final planning permission for investment items proposed, as required under the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme.

In the case of those Young Farmers who had submitted an application and who would otherwise be precluded from applying under the next tranche of the scheme, because of their age or because they had now been farming for longer than five years, my Department provided an extension until the 11 December to allow submission of the required planning permission.