Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the national reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24202/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named has submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ category of the 2017 National Reserve and also the Young Farmers Scheme.  The closing date for receipt of applications was 15th May 2017 and my Department will commence processing of the applications very shortly. The person named will be notified in writing of the outcome of his applications in due course.

The Terms and Conditions applicable to all categories under the National Reserve require applicants to have a gross off-farm income of €40,000 or less in either of the two tax years 2015 or 2016.  There is no off-farm income limit for applicants under the Young Farmers Scheme.