Pat Breen
Question:1096 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18349/12]
View answerWednesday, 18 April 2012
Questions (1081, 1082, 1083)
Written answers
The persons named were approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from the 1st September 2010. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. During these checks a query was identified regarding the traditional hay meadow parcel. My Department has been in contact with the persons named regarding this issue and once successfully resolved the application will be processed with a view to making payment in respect of 2010 at the earliest opportunity.
Payment in respect of the 2011 Scheme year is subject to a similar administrative checking process which includes verification of capital investment through checks on receipts. During these checks queries were identified in relation to the capital expenditure claim of the persons named. My Department has made contact with the persons named regarding these matters and the application will be further processed upon receipt of a response to these queries.
Martin Ferris
Question:1097 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will furnish the full list of forestry grant recipients since 2007 when he decided to no longer avail of EU forestry grants but instead to use the public purse to pay 100% forestry premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18350/12]
View answerCouncil Regulation No. 1290 of 2005 requires the Department to publish on its website certain details on beneficiaries of schemes funded or co-funded by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) or the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). Following a European Court of Justice Judgement in 2010 only data relating to beneficiaries who are legal persons are being published. Details of natural persons cannot be published as a consequence of this Judgement. As forestry grant payments are fully State funded there is no obligation on the Department to publish details of recipients, whether they are natural or legal persons. It is not the practice of my Department to give financial details of individual grant recipients.
Brendan Griffin
Question:1098 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment appeals decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18363/12]
View answerAs indicated in response to a previous question from the Deputy on 29th March 2012, this case is currently subject to a review. This review is at an advanced stage and a decision will be forwarded to the person named in the coming days. If the person named is not satisfied with the outcome of the review he can have the case referred to the Independent Agriculture Appeals Office.