Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 March 2017
233. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department broke an agreement that the Government and eight other countries (details supplied) decided to apply, that is the taxation on the transfer of entitlements without land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/17]
View answerIn accordance with the EU Regulations governing the operation of the Basic Payment Scheme, each Member State has the option to apply ‘clawback’ to the transfer of entitlements without land. Decisions pertaining to the use of such optional provisions are taken by individual Member States and do not require approval of the EU. Furthermore there is no agreement between Ireland and any other Member State in respect of decisions around the application of ‘clawback'.
Ireland has applied such a ‘clawback’ to the sale of entitlements without land and has informed the EU Commission accordingly.
