Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for farm payments. [13853/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named received payment under the Basic Payment Scheme on 11 March 2016. She also submitted a Private Contract Clause application to my Department seeking the transfer of land and entitlements by lease as transferor. The person named was notified in writing on 18 April 2016 that as the transferee under this application already held the allocation right and value, there was no requirement to have submitted the Private Contract Clause. The application has now been processed on this basis and a supplementary payment for outstanding monies under the Basic Payment Scheme will issue to the person named shortly.

Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme. [13854/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2015 Private Contract Clause application to my Department seeking the transfer of land and entitlements by sale as transferee. This application was rejected on the basis that the transferor did not submit a 2015 Basic Payment Scheme application on which s/he declares at least one hectare of eligible land.

The transferor in this case subsequently submitted a late 2015 Basic Payment Scheme application to my Department for consideration under appeal. This late application has been accepted and the Private Contract Clause application can now be processed. An official from my Department will contact the person named directly with an update on his application, including a likely date for payment.