Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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In 2013 payment for the person named was based on 2.89 entitlements with a unit value of €309.64 giving rise to a total payment of €894.86 under the Single Payment Scheme. Under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme two sets of entitlements were leased out from the person named to third parties.

Under the Basic Payment Scheme, the number of entitlements to be allocated to an eligible person participating in the scheme is based on the lesser of the eligible hectares declared by them in either 2013 or 2015. However as a 2015 Private Contract Clause was submitted for 28.75 entitlements that were leased out in 2013, these were included in the calculation of the number of entitlements to be allocated to the person named.  In this regard 31.64  Basic Payment Scheme entitlements were established.

The total value of all the entitlements owned by the person named in 2014 amounting to €5,533.68 which includes leased out entitlements was used in the calculation of new Basic Payment Scheme entitlements. 

This resulted in 31.64 entitlements being established under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme with a total value, including greening, of €5,395.62.  28.75 of these entitlements with a value of €4,902.79 including greening were leased out to a third party under the 2015 Private Contract Clause.  Payment of €492.83 has issued in full to the person named on 1 December, 2015.