Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 October 2014
108. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork, actively farming for seven years and who has submitted an area aid application for the past two years and has at present no entitlements will be automatically allocated same in 2015; their proposed value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39697/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person named did not receive a direct payment under any of the eligible schemes in 2013 and therefore does not hold an automatic allocation right to receive entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015. The Scottish Derogation allows for the allocation of entitlements to persons who never held entitlements, either owned or leased, but who actively farmed in 2013. This provision is currently the subject of discussion with the EU Commission. Until such time as those discussions are finalised, it is not possible to comment on the number or value of entitlements that may be allocated to the person named.
