Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 February 2014
170. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlement to farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6104/14]
View answerWhile grant aid for establishment of plantations was available to landowners in 1989 when the person in question afforested his land under the Western Package Scheme, there was no entitlement under that scheme to annual forestry premiums. Therefore, as the applicant had no entitlement under that scheme and has not planted any further land under any subsequent afforestation schemes, he has no entitlement to any forestry payments.
