Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
556. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments under the basic payment scheme and area of natural constraints scheme for 2016 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay in issuing the payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39876/16]
View answerIn 2015 the person named formed a Registered Farm Partnership with two other individuals. My Department has received three Transfer of Entitlement applications in 2016 seeking the transfer of entitlements out of this Registered Farm Partnership by Division of Entitlements. My Department has also received two Transfer of Entitlement applications in 2016 seeking the transfer of entitlements by merger of two or more holdings into a separate Registered Farm Partnership of which the person named is a member.
An official from my Department has been in direct contact with the herd owners in this case to discuss the processing of these applications and will further contact herd owners as the case is finalised for payment shortly.
An application under the 2016 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme was received from the Partnership named on 13 May, 2016. Processing of this application has been finalised and payment has issued to the nominated bank accounts.
