Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016
1559. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who were affected in 2015 by the ceiling of the basic payment scheme of €150,000; the number of these farmers who received greening payments in excess of €45,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25558/16]
View answerThe maximum payment that will be granted to any one applicant under the Basic Payment Scheme (excluding the Greening Payment) in any one scheme year is capped at €150,000 and applies from the first year of the scheme in 2015. This cap on payment relates only to the payment received under the Basic Payment Scheme. Therefore, an applicant’s total payment (Basic Payment and Greening) could be over €150,000 provided the payment under the Basic Payment Scheme is €150,000 or less. In 2015 a total of eight applicants were affected by the ceiling of the Basic Payment Scheme of €150,000. Of these all eight received Greening Payments in excess of €45,000.
