Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a matter (details supplied) regarding entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38283/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department received five 2014 Transfer of Entitlement application forms in respect of a Transferor seeking the transfer of entitlements by sale to five separate Transferees. These transfer applications were not successful as there were outstanding issues pertaining to the Transferor. The Transferor and Transferees under all five transfer applications were notified in writing in November 2014 that the transfer applications were unsuccessful. There is no record of further correspondence from the Transferor or the Transferees following these notifications.

There is no record in my Department of advice offered to an auctioneer in connection with the sale of the entitlements in this case. As the Auctioneer was not a Transferee under any of the transfer applications submitted no associated payment could be made or would be due to the Auctioneer.