Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will receive a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24328/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Payments to the named person stopped in 2019 as she applied to transfer the entitlements into her name by way of inheritance from the Reps of her deceased husband. This application was submitted using a Temporary Reference Number (TRN) but no herd number was ever provided to my Department to link to the TRN and so it was not made available for processing.

As with all transfers, this transfer out of the herd number resulted in a stop being placed on payments so as to avoid the risk of overpayments being made. As the herd number has not been changed into the name of the named person and the BPS applications for 2019-2021 were submitted by the Reps of her deceased husband, the stop is being lifted and the application to transfer the entitlements withdrawn. This will allow payment to issue for those years the next time past year payment runs are made.

As no application was received for the given herd number for BPS in 2022 or BISS in 2023 and 2024, there are no payments due for those years. Late applications for the 2024 scheme year are being accepted with a penalty up to the 9th of June 2024. Applications for the 2024 Scheme year received after this date will be subject to 100% penalty.

If the named person has been allocated a different herd number and has used that to submit the BPS and BISS applications then she should contact the Transfer of Entitlement section at either 057 86 74422 or Transferofentitlements@agriculture.gov.ie. Staff will be available to assist her with making the application to transfer the entitlements to her new herd number.