Basic Payment Scheme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 May 2018

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Questions (216)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

216. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 8 May 2018, his views on whether all entitlements will reach a minimum value of 60% of the basic payment scheme national average by 2019. [21910/18]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

All payment entitlements with an initial unit value less than 90% of the BPS national average are scheduled to reach a minimum value of 60% of the BPS national average by 2019 (Article 25(4) of EU Regulation 1307/2013 applies).