Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
205. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Galway has single payment entitlements; if not, if entitlements will be allocated to them under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48975/14]
View answerThe persons named do not hold Single Payment Scheme entitlements. Farmers who were not eligible to receive a direct payment in 2013 under the Single Payment Scheme, the Grassland Sheep Scheme, the Burren Farming for Conservation Scheme or the Beef Data Programme do not hold an automatic allocation right to receive entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015.
The “Scottish Derogation” allows for the allocation of payment entitlements to persons who never held Single Payment Scheme entitlements, either owned or leased, but who can produce verifiable evidence that they actively farmed in 2013.
The terms and conditions of this provision and its application in Member states is currently the subject of discussion with the EU Commission and the outcome is expected shortly.
