Written answers

Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive farm payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45329/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The closing date for receipt of applications under the 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme was 29 May 2015. No application was lodged by the person named by that date. My Department is currently examining further documentation subsequently furnished under force majeure grounds. An official from my Department has already been in direct contact with the person named regarding this matter.

Photo of Paul ConnaughtonPaul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45337/15]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the Basic Payment Scheme was received in my Department from the person named on 8 May 2015.

EU Regulations governing the Basic Payment Scheme provide that a person must be eligible to receive a direct payment greater than €100 under the Single Payment Scheme in 2013 in order to qualify for an automatic allocation right to receive entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme. The person named did not hold entitlements greater than €100 under the 2013 Scheme. She purchased additional entitlements in 2014 however this does not provide her with an allocation right for the new Basic Payment Scheme. My Department will make direct contact with the person named to discuss her case and establish if there are any options available to her to establish an allocation right.

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