Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of appeals lodged by farmers on Killery, Crossboy, Dromore and Castleore mountains with respect to land eligibility and burnt land for the purpose of the basic payment scheme 2018 payments; if the lands burnt in 2017 are eligible for the 2018 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43349/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The appeals mentioned relate to the eligibility of the burned land under the 2017 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). 

For the 2018 scheme year, all BPS applications were required to be submitted through the Department's online application system. The land details and maps available to BPS applicants on the online system were updated to show the most up to date information available for 2018. 

All things being equal the lands in question are eligible under BPS in 2018.

I understand that any appeals received by the Agriculture Appeals Office concerning the mountains mentioned have either been assigned to an Appeals Officer or are in the process of being assigned to an Appeals Officer. I am advised that the oral hearings of those appeals are currently being arranged with the first appeals due for hearing on 24th October. On completion of the appeal process, a comprehensive decision letter will issue to each appellant.