Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 November 2014
90. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a review of entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when the review will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42295/14]
View answerThe person named established 6.41 entitlements under the Single Payment Scheme with a unit value of €296.41. Following a successful application to the National Reserve in 2005, the value of each of these entitlements was topped up by €90.09 to give a total value of €2420.86. A supplementary allocation from the National Reserve in 2006 of €30.07 resulted in a total value of €2613.61. The person named received a payment under the Single Payment Scheme in 2013 at which time he declared 18.85 hectares of land.
The person named therefore holds an automatic right to receive new entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015. If he declares the same number of hectares in 2015, he is likely to be a beneficiary of the convergence process whereby entitlements with a value below 90% of the national average value will be increased in value for each year of the scheme.
