Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ceiling per person in place for annual basic scheme payments under pillar 1 in CAP 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22584/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The maximum payment that can be granted to any one farmer under the Basic Payment Scheme (excluding the Greening Payment) in Ireland in any one scheme year is capped at €150,000.  The EU regulations allow for a sliding scale of reductions above this €150,000 threshold, and Ireland implemented a 100% reduction thus setting the cap at the lowest level allowable.

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the ceiling per person in place for the greening portion of payments under basic scheme payments of pillar 1 in CAP 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22585/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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All eligible farmers will receive a payment under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and a Greening Payment. The Greening payment is a top-up of the BPS and amounts to approximately 44% of the total value of entitlements activated. Over 90% of farmers will automatically qualify for the Greening Payment on the basis of their current farming practices. The remainder will have to undertake specific measures to qualify as outlined in the 2017 BPS Terms and Conditions Booklet.