Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 November 2013
355. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has still not received their single farm payment and or area aid payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47921/13]
View answerThe person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 15 May 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on-farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue.
The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility/cross compliance inspection.
The ground eligibility inspection identified discrepancies between the area declared and the area found, resulting in an over-declaration in area of less than 2 hectares. Based on the Terms and Conditions of the schemes, this results in the 2013 payments being based on the found area.
The person named will be notified of this decision shortly and of their right to seek a review of this decision. In the event that the person named in dissatisfied with the outcome of any such review, the decision can be appealed to the Independent Agriculture Appeals Office, within 3 months.
Processing of payments under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Areas' Scheme have recently been finalised on the basis set out above and will shortly issue to the nominated bank account of person named.
