Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2016
489. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 14 April 2016, when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17067/16]
View answerUnder EU Regulatory requirements, only farmers who were entitled to receive a direct payment in 2013 (Single Payment, Grassland Sheep Scheme, Burren Life Scheme, Beef Data Scheme) have an automatic allocation right under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015. The European Commission has further stated that applications submitted 25 days after the Single Payment Scheme closing date are deemed inadmissible unless there are force majeure or extenuating circumstances pertaining to the late submission of this application. As the person named submitted his 2013 Single Payment Scheme application form on 28th June 2013, this application is deemed inadmissible and therefore he does not qualify for an automatic allocation right under the new Basic Payment Scheme.
The person named was previously advised that where extenuating circumstances had resulted in the late submission of the 2013 Single Payment application he should submit a Review of Entitlements application form to my Department outlining the extenuating circumstances pertaining to his case. No such request for Review has been received by my Department to date.
