Written answers

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1185/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named established 61.36 Entitlement Allocation Rights under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. The total value of these entitlements is €11,207.88 including Greening. The person named formed a registered farm partnership with his son, and submitted an application on behalf of the farm partnership under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme.

A farm partnership is a legal business arrangement where two or more individuals come together combining their respective resources to achieve mutual benefits. Members of a farm partnership who own individual sets of entitlements receive a combined payment. It is therefore incumbent that my Department identifies and ensures that entitlements held are licensed for use in the partnership. Consequently, should the partnership dissolve the entitlements return to the relevant owners. My Department has established a robust procedure to ensure the integrity of this identification process. Processing of this application has recently been finalised, and payment will issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the Farm Partnership concerned.

The person named also submitted applications under the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. Once payment under the Basic Payment Scheme has been made, the applications to the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme will be processed with a view to payment issuing as soon as possible thereafter.

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