Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 19 January 2016, how many persons in counties Galway and Mayo had reductions in their agriculture grants, as a result of previously eligible land being reviewed and removed, as a result of that land being part of a special area of conservation, by county, in each of the years 2013 to 2015; if he will assist persons in this situation, given that this was not addressed in his answer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3602/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The act of designating land as a Special Area of Conservation does not deem land ineligible under the Basic Payment Scheme. Officials in my Department are in direct contact with the Deputy to clarify the position on the matter raised in the question.