Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 January 2016

Thursday, 28 January 2016

Questions (151)

Noel Grealish

Question:

151. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 19 January 2016, how many persons in counties Galway and Mayo had reductions in their agriculture grants as a result of previously eligible land being reviewed and removed as a result of that land being part of a special area of conservation, by county, in each of the years 2013 to 2015; if he will assist persons in this situation, given that this was not addressed in his answer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3602/16]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The act of designating land as a Special Area of Conservation does not deem land ineligible under the Basic Payment Scheme. Officials in my Department are in direct contact with the Deputy to clarify the position on the matter raised in the question.