Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013
925. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of farmers in relation to their entitlements post-2014 where they leased out their entitlements in 2013 and did not make a claim for single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46573/13]
View answerUnder the new Direct Payments regime which comes into force in 2015, only those persons who receive a payment under the Single Payment Scheme in the 2013 scheme year will be automatically entitled to an allocation of a new set of entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme. The status of entitlements that are leased out for the 2014 scheme year is currently the subject of discussion with the EU Commission as part of the process of producing Delegated Acts. I am not in a position to comment further on this issue until such time as the Delegated Acts are finalised.
