180. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the single payment scheme 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2836/16]

The person named did not qualify to receive an automatic allocation right under the new Basic Payment Scheme as she was not farming in 2013.

The person named received a gift of 14.94 entitlements under the 2014 Scheme. My Department contacted the person named to see if land had also transferred with the entitlements to allow the transfer of an allocation right from the transferor to the person named. In accordance with EU Regulations, as the person named did not have a transfer of land to accompany her gifted entitlements she is not eligible to receive a transfer of allocation right under the new Basic Payment Scheme.

An application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 26 May 2015, however, the person named does not qualify for establishment of entitlements under the new reform.