Written answers

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Department of Health

Agriculture Schemes

Photo of Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Article 46(2) of Regulation 1782/2003 means that the single farm payment entitlement cannot be separated from the land in cases in which the land is being leased (details supplied); and if not, the meaning of same. [24484/21]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Article 46(2) of Regulation 1782/2003 sets out the circumstances for the transfer of payment entitlements under the Single Farm Payment Scheme. The article states that payment entitlements can be transferred by sale or other definitive transfer methods with or without land.

Leased payment entitlements must be accompanied by a transfer of the equivalent number of eligible hectares unless force majeure, or exceptional circumstances apply, in which case the leasing of the entitlements without land may be facilitated.

Photo of Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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997. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Article 33 of Regulation (EC) 1782/2003 means that the single farm payment scheme is attached to the land in cases (details supplied); and if not the meaning of same. [24485/21]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Under European Commission Regulation (EC) 1782/2003, payment entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme, were established by farmers that farmed during the reference years of 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Article 33(3) of Regulation (EC) 1782/2003 refers to the eligibility of farmers that were in a new partnership (mergers) or a partnership that ended (scissions) during the reference period for the Single Payment Scheme. Payment entitlements under the Single Payments Scheme were not attached to specific land.

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