Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 September 2023
239. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the status of a transfer of entitlements application (details supplied) in view that it is now over eight months since the application was lodged and it has not been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40779/23]
View answerMy Department received a 2022 application to transfer payment entitlements to the named persons on 5 May 2022. On four separate occasions between 1 July 2022 and 4 May 2023, my Department sent query letters to the relevant party regarding outstanding documentation.
In the intervening times, officials spoke to the relevant parties to the transfer, their representatives and the Deputy in an attempt to resolve the issue surrounding the required document. In line with procedures and to enable payment of other money to the named persons, this transfer application was rejected on 29 May 2023 because the required document had still not been received. If the required document is received or circumstances change to render this document unnecessary, then my Department can revisit this decision.
