Question about Single Payment.

Lanbrendan

When the Single Payment was first introduced, way back in 2001 approximately, the payment amount was based in the number of livestock units and also on the area if land farmed. It was based on a 3 year period possibly 1999, 2000 and 2001. My parents farmed our small holding in the west of Ireland all their lives supplemented by my father and my mother working on different occasions. They were not very good at form filling and indeed understanding their entitlements.
My dad got started to suffer with Alzheimer's and around 2000 they could no longer continue to farm and subsequently rented the farm. The Single Payment for the farm was assessed at 2000 approximately as during the 3 year assessment period they only had livestock for the first year of this period. There was a 'Force Majeure' clause which would have enabled them to have the one year assessment taken as an average for the three years. They did not understand the meaning of 'Force Majeure' and consequently for the last 15 years or thereabouts my mother has been receiving approximately 2000 per annum when she should have been entitled to approximately 6000 p/a.
My father died in 2004 and my mother has been spending some of her pension on the upkeep of the farm such as fencing etc as the farm is still rented with the entitlements now signed over to the renter which are split 50/50 with the renter. She never told me this until only recently. She has lost approximately 50,000 Euro over the period which would have made her life so much easier.
My question is there any possibility that I could claim this money for her which she was rightly entitled to as both she and my dad worked really hard over the years to keep the farm in good condition and productive.
Please ignore the signs, my computer does not have a Euro symbol.
Thanks.

rangler1

Lanbrendan wrote: »

When the Single Payment was first introduced, way back in 2001 approximately, the payment amount was based in the number of livestock units and also on the area if land farmed. It was based on a 3 year period possibly 1999, 2000 and 2001. My parents farmed our small holding in the west of Ireland all their lives supplemented by my father and my mother working on different occasions. They were not very good at form filling and indeed understanding their entitlements.
My dad got started to suffer with Alzheimer's and around 2000 they could no longer continue to farm and subsequently rented the farm. The Single Payment for the farm was assessed at 2000 approximately as during the 3 year assessment period they only had livestock for the first year of this period. There was a 'Force Majeure' clause which would have enabled them to have the one year assessment taken as an average for the three years. They did not understand the meaning of 'Force Majeure' and consequently for the last 15 years or thereabouts my mother has been receiving approximately 2000 per annum when she should have been entitled to approximately 6000 p/a.
My father died in 2004 and my mother has been spending some of her pension on the upkeep of the farm such as fencing etc as the farm is still rented with the entitlements now signed over to the renter which are split 50/50 with the renter. She never told me this until only recently. She has lost approximately 50,000 Euro over the period which would have made her life so much easier.
My question is there any possibility that I could claim this money for her which she was rightly entitled to as both she and my dad worked really hard over the years to keep the farm in good condition and productive.
Please ignore the signs, my computer does not have a Euro symbol.
Thanks.

It's unlikely you'll get your entitlements reassessed, your parents should've gone to teagasc in 2000, but that's all water under the bridge now, also likewise about handing over the entitlements.
If all your land was rented out, it was compulsory to dispose of your entitlements in the last CAP review (2014), this was brought in to get the entitlements transferred to ''active'' farmers. Your mother would've had no choice but to transfer or sell the entitlements.
If you have a good tenant and he's minding your farm, paying on time, etc, that's about as good as it gets. There's plenty of the other type out there