Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a young farmer top-up payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7110/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application under the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. His name was added to the herd number shown for the 2016 scheme year. However, the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme Application was submitted under the herd number shown while it was still held in the sole name of the previous herd owner. As a result my Department needed to align the applications submitted under the Basic Payment Scheme and the Young Farmers Scheme in order to process the Young Farmers Scheme application.

The Young Farmers application has now been processed and letters issued notifying the person named on 4^thFebruary 2017. Payment will issue to the person named in the coming days.