Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
1086. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the entitlements linked to the herd number of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated, given they did not lease or sell stock during their time of illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16815/23]
View answerThe Department has been in contact with the persons concerned, to discuss this matter, and has examined the medical evidence provided. Unfortunately, the Department is not in a position to reinstate the entitlements to the named person for two reasons.
The medical evidence in support of the named person's late applications is not relevant because the herd number had been transferred to another person with effect from 7 March 2019.
The land which they asked to have included on the late BPS application, had it been accepted under force majeure, was rented out to a third party who included it on their BPS application. The same land cannot be claimed by two applicants in the same scheme year.
