Dara Calleary
Question:445 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their area based payments. [37075/11]
View answerTuesday, 29 November 2011
Questions (415, 416, 417)
Written answers
An application under the 2011 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 16 May 2011, processing of which has recently been finalised, thereby allowing the 50% advance of the Single Payment to issue to the applicant on 22 November and the Disadvantaged payment on 24 November.
Michael Creed
Question:446 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 16 November 2011, if an oral hearing could be held in this case for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37082/11]
View answerPQ Ref. No. 34973/11 refers: The person named commenced REPS 4 in May 2009 and received payments for the first year of the contract. In addition, 75% of the year 2 payment issued on 21 April 2011 for the amount of €5581.69.
Following an inspection in June 2010, a 25% penalty was imposed for bovines "not excluded from watercourses" and a 35% penalty for "a water well which was unfenced". The person named appealed this decision to officials in my Department in March 2011. A letter informing the person named that the appeal was unsuccessful issued on 29 March 2011 and advised the person named of the right of appeal to the Agriculture Appeals Office within 3 months of the date of the latter. No appeal was received by the Agriculture Appeals Office.
These penalties have been deducted from the balancing 25% payment for 2010 with the result that the person named is not due a balancing payment and there is also an additional overpayment of €2,604.78 which must be deducted from the 2011 payment.
Sean Conlan
Question:447 Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37100/11]
View answerAn application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 10 May 2011.
This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility/Cross Compliance Inspection. This inspection was completed and the application has now been fully processed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme and a 50% advance payment under the Single Payment Scheme has issued with the balancing payment due on the first week of December 2011.