Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to persons (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3082/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department seeking the transfer of allocation rights and values from the first person named to a Company by change of legal entity. All details relating to land parcel details for 2013 and 2015 and Single Payment entitlement values from 2014 have to be reconciled in order to process this application. Processing of the application is underway with a view to making payment under the Basic Payment Scheme as soon as possible.

The person named also submitted an application under the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department.  In accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Young Farmers Scheme, in the case of a Company the Young Farmer must hold a minimum 20% Shareholding in the Company. My Department has verified through the Companies Registration Office that the Young Farmer involved with the Company named does not hold the required minimum Shareholding. A letter has issued to the persons named informing them of the decision in relation to this application and offering the opportunity to appeal this decision.