Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average basic payment scheme entitlement value nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2637/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The national average value of entitlements can be calculated for any year based on the entitlement position at that time and varies slightly from year to year based on a number of factors including:

- new allocations of entitlements from the National Reserve;

- reversion of unused entitlements to the National Reserve;

- reversion of unduly allocated entitlements to the National Reserve.

The current average value of BPS entitlements in 2019 is €184.87 per Hectare excluding the Greening Payment. The Greening Payment is now an additional 44% or approximately €81.34 extra per Hectare giving a figure of €266.21 for the national average including greening.

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of basic payments scheme entrants in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2638/19]

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of basic payment scheme entrants in County Donegal who receive less than the national average entitlement payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2639/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 493 and 494 together.

To date, the number of eligible applications received for Donegal under the 2018 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is 8,167.

As of Friday 18th January, the national average BPS payment for 2018 was €9,523 and there are 6,488 Donegal applicants that received payments for 2018 that were less than the national average.