Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015
267. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be accepted as a new entrant for allocations from the National Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6768/15]
View answerIn order to be eligible under the priority category of New Entrant under the National Reserve, the applicant must:
- Be participating in the Basic Payment Scheme in the year in which s/he applies to the National Reserve;
- Have commenced the present agricultural activity in the 2013 calendar year or any later year;
- Not have had any agricultural activity in his/her own name and at his/her own risk in the five years preceding the start of the present agricultural activity;
- Have successfully completed a recognised course of education in agriculture giving rise to an award at FETAC level 6 or its equivalent, or have committed to commencing such a course by 30th September 2016;
- Have a gross off-farm income that does not exceed €40,000 in one of the tax years 2013 or 2014.
Full details of the Terms and Conditions of the National Reserve are available on my Department’s website at http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/nationalreserveandyfs/. Alternatively, the above named person can contact my Department directly at 0761 064 446 or at NationalReserveYFS@agriculture.gov.ie and my staff will be glad to provide assistance.
