Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 March 2015
90. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding an anomaly in the new payment system in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9600/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person named did not own any entitlements in 2014 nor during any year of the Single Payment Scheme. He received a Single Payment of €4743.35 under the 2014 scheme year based on his leasing in of entitlements from another farmer. For the purposes of calculating the value of entitlements in 2015, the value of these entitlements is attributed to the owner of the entitlements, not the lessee.
The value of entitlements allocated to a farmer in 2015 is based on the value of the entitlements owned by the farmer in 2014 plus any payment received under the Grassland Sheep Scheme. As the person named did not own any entitlements in 2014, his single payment in 2014 does not give rise to any value to carry forward to 2015. The person named received a payment under the Grassland Sheep Scheme of €591.36 and this payment forms the basis of his calculation in 2015. The process of convergence increases this value to €2,023.45 in 2015 and to €7,818.06 by 2019. This represents an increase in value of almost 800% compared with 2014.
In the event of further queries on issues such as this, the CAP advisory centre at 0761 064438 is available to farmers for advice on all aspects of CAP Entitlements.
