Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure the correct entitlements are paid to a person (details supplied) in County Longford under the single payment scheme, given that it appears the person has been underpaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5795/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of Basic Payments entitlements is established based on the eligible number of hectares declared by the farmer in 2013 or 2015 whichever is the lesser and the value is based on a fixed percentage of the total value of the entitlements held by the farmer under the 2014 Single Payment Scheme and payments relating to the 2014 Grassland Sheep Scheme.

A full review of the entitlements established in the account of the person named has been undertaken and is correct. The person named has established 31.79 entitlements with a total value including greening of €1,526.51. This represents a 100% increase compared to his 2014 position.

In addition an application under Private Contract Clause was submitted for the transfer of 25.49 entitlements with a total value including greening of €4,302.77 to the person named. This was successful. Payment for €5,613.40 has issued in full in relation to both sets of entitlements. Balancing payments will issue in late April/early May when all applications under the Basic Payment Scheme are processed and finalised.