Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 January 2016
396. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to have the entitlements to which a farm partnership (details supplied) is duly entitled allocated to the said partnership as it has not received any payments due to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1256/16]
View answerThe person named established 44.76 Entitlement Allocation Rights under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. The total value of these entitlements is €12,520.47 including Greening. The person named formed a registered farm partnership with third parties, and submitted an application on behalf of the farm partnership under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme.
A farm partnership is a legal business arrangement where two or more individuals come together combining their respective resources to achieve mutual benefits. Members of a farm partnership who own individual sets of entitlements receive a combined payment. It is therefore incumbent that my Department identifies and ensures that entitlements held are licensed for use in the partnership. Consequently, should the partnership dissolve the entitlements return to the relevant owners. My Department has established a robust procedure to ensure the integrity of this identification process. Processing of this application has recently been finalised, and payment will issue shortly to the nominated bank account of the Farm Partnership concerned.
The person named also submitted an application under the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. Once payment under the Basic Payment Scheme has been made, the application to the Young Farmers Scheme will be processed for payment to issue as soon as possible thereafter.
