Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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1004. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a parcel of land (details supplied) has entitlements; if this parcel can now be classified as clean land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36901/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Basic Payment Scheme, payment entitlements are not linked with specific parcels of land. In order to receive payment under the Basic Payment Scheme an applicant must declare one eligible hectare for each payment entitlement that is held.

With regard to the classification of particular land parcels as clean land, any land declared in support of an application for an area based scheme is subject to administrative and on-farm checks as required to determine eligibility.