Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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1310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will review the eligibility terms of the national reserve to make it more accessible for new farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37463/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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EU Regulation 1307/2013 provides for the establishment of the Basic Payment Scheme National Reserve which must be used, as a matter of priority, to allocate Basic Payment Scheme entitlements to young farmers and new entrants to farming.

The EU Regulations governing the scheme also provide that a farmer may benefit from the National Reserve only once during the lifetime of the scheme, which runs from 2015-2019.  Individual Member States do not have discretion in the application of this provision.

Therefore, a successful application under the 2015 National Reserve is not eligible to benefit from the National Reserve during the subsequent years of the scheme.