Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford under the national reserve scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3085/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ priority category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. The qualifying criteria for consideration as a ‘young farmer’ for both the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme is that the applicant must be setting up an agricultural holding for the first time in his/her name or have set up such a holding during the five years preceding the first submission of the BPS application. According to records held by my Department the person named commenced farming in 2005 which is outside the eligibility period for the measures applied for.

The person named also submitted an application under the Force Majeure measure of the Basic Payment Scheme in relation to his commencement date in farming in 2005. This application was unsuccessful and the person named has been notified in writing. He has also been offered the opportunity to appeal this decision.