Written answers

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37991/16]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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In order to be eligible for an automatic allocation of entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme, a farmer must have been eligible to receive a direct payment under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme and be eligible for participation under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. The person named commenced farming for the first time in 2016 and therefore does not hold an allocation right for entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme. In addition, there was no application submitted to transfer allocation rights and/or reference values to the person named under the 2015 scheme year. Furthermore no application to transfer entitlements under the 2016 scheme year was received in respect of the person named. Under both the 2015 and 2016 BPS scheme years the person named did not hold any entitlements.

The person named submitted an application under the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. The Young Farmers Scheme payment is a flat rate payment issued to eligible applicants and paid per activated entitlement, subject to a maximum of 50. While the person named meets the eligibility conditions for the Young Farmers Scheme in all other respects, he holds no activated entitlements upon which payment can be made. A letter has issued to the person named informing him of the decision in relation to his application and offering the opportunity to appeal this decision.

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