Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 November 2013
536. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their area aid payment, single farm payment and REP scheme payments processed; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50363/13]
View answerThe person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2008 and received payments for the first five years of their contract. Following a Simultaneous Inspection in 2013 involving both REPS and SPS a problem was discovered in relation to the status of a biodiversity habitat. This is currently being investigated with the intention of an early resolution and payment in respect of 2013.
The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme application on 16 March 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 inspection. This inspection has been completed and the results finalised. Processing of payments under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme have recently been finalised and will issue shortly to the nominated back account of the person named.
