Agriculture Scheme Data

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Ceisteanna (1043)

Matt Carthy

Ceist:

1043. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements under the basic payment scheme that are leased for a consecutive period of three, four and five years or greater; and the value in each of these cases. [8856/21]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The detailed information requested here is currently being compiled and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51

Further to Parliamentary Question Ref No. 1013 (8856/21) of 17th February 2021 to Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine where you requested data relating to the number of entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme that are leased for a consecutive period of three, four and five years or greater; and the value in each of these cases. This information has now been compiled and is shown in the table below. It is important to note some conditions on which the data is based:

- The total value amount is based on Payment Entitlement values only – it does not include greening.

- It takes the value of the entitlement at the time of leasing – so there is no account taken here of convergence, linear adjustments, or any other changes to these entitlements

- The cases include those made in 2019 for three years which will revert to the owner in 2022 before the new CAP programme is applied

- The figures are comprised of all current active leases – for example, five year leases which began in 2017 are included in these figures

- It should be noted that the figures include leases from an individual to their own company in addition to those between separate farmers

Lease Years	Number Entitlements	Lease Value
3	5,278.03	€1,008,525.99
4	4,436.30	€944,199.34
5	45,986.00	€9,365,811.52
>6	114,938.69	24,194,959
Totals	170,639.02	€35,513,496.27