Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 February 2015
293. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Scottish derogation rules will be finalised for farmers who were farming in 2013, but have no entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5833/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraFarmers who did not receive a direct payment in 2013 under the Single Payment Scheme, the Grassland Sheep Scheme, the Burren Farming for Conservation Scheme or the Beef Data Programme do not hold an automatic allocation right to receive entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme in 2015.
The “Scottish Derogation” allows for the allocation of payment entitlements to persons who never held Single Payment Scheme entitlements, either owned or leased, but who can produce verifiable evidence that they actively farmed in 2013. The terms and conditions of this provision and its application in Member states is currently the subject of discussion with the EU Commission and the outcome is expected very shortly.
