Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2016
148. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the difference in payments to a person (details supplied) between 2014 and 2015 under the basic payment scheme. [8070/16]
View answerThe person named submitted a Review of Entitlements application and a Private Contract Clause application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. Under the 2005 Single Payment Scheme the person named received a transfer of entitlements by lease of 51.13 entitlements with a total value of €4,890 which had an expiry date of 31 December 2018. In 2005 and 2006 the person named received €8,241.90 under the Dairy Premium scheme. This was topped up on his leased in entitlements bringing the total value of entitlements to €13,132.85 in 2014. My Department is currently working on a process to establish a set of entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme for the person named based on the number and value of the leased in entitlements and to include the value of the Dairy Premium payment. Department officials have been in contact with the person named to bring the case to a successful conclusion.
