Know your entitlements

THE application form for transferring Single Payment entitlements Scheme is now on the Department of Agriculture and Food’s www.agriculture.ie website.

It can be used for transfers with and without land; sale, lease and rent of entitlements; gifting of entitlements to family members; or transfer by inheritance.

Entitlements may only be sold without land when at least 80% have been “used” in one calendar year (80% of eligible hectares required for payment declared on the Single Payment application form), or when the applicant agreed to surrender all unused entitlements to the National Reserve.