Vol. 552 No. 1
191 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if his Department will review the level of early farm retirement pension paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11594/02]
The person named entered the scheme of early retirement from farming in joint management with her husband. In keeping with the requirements of the EU Council regulation under which the scheme was introduced, any national retirement pension paid to either the participant or the other party in a joint management case must be offset against the pension paid under the early retirement scheme. As the husband of the person named qualifies for a non-contributory old age pension, the early retirement pension must be reduced by an equivalent amount.
