Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for extra entitlements from the national reserve. [2240/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application under the ‘Old Young Farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve to my Department. Eligible applicants to the National Reserve qualify for either an allocation of new entitlements on land for which they hold no entitlements, so called ‘naked land’, or where an applicant already holds existing entitlements which are below the national average value, these entitlements are increased to the national average value. While the person named meets the eligibility conditions for the National Reserve in all other respects, he does not hold either ‘naked land’ or low value entitlements on which an allocation from the National Reserve can be made. A letter has issued to the person named informing him of the decision in relation to his application.

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for extra entitlements from the national reserve. [2241/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department received applications under the ‘young farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme from the person named. These applications are currently being processed and once finalised the applicant will be notified in writing of the decision with a view to payment shortly thereafter.