225. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive payment under the young farmer payment scheme and the national reserve scheme as promised in December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1984/16]

The person named submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ category of the 2015 National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme to my Department. Eligible applicants to the National Reserve qualify for either an allocation of new entitlements on land for which they hold no entitlements, so called ‘naked land’, or where an applicant already holds existing entitlements which are below the national average value, these entitlements are increased to the national average value. While the person named meets the eligibility conditions for the National Reserve in all other respects, he holds neither ‘naked land’ nor low value entitlements on which an allocation from the National Reserve can be made. A letter has issued to the person named informing him of the decision in relation to his application.

The application under the Young Farmers Scheme has been fully processed and payment is due to issue in the coming days.