Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Ceist:82 Mrs. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was refused a farm retirement pension. [15074/97]
Written Answers. - Farm Retirement Scheme.
It is a requirement of Regulation 2079/92, under which the scheme for early retirement from farming is implemented, that the applicant have practised farming as a main occupation for the preceding ten years. To meet this requirement at least 50 per cent of income and working time must be attributable to farming. This applicant failed to meet the income requirement of the scheme.