Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2013
322. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of a single farm payment penalty will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51343/13]
View answerThe person named submitted an application under the 2013 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Area Schemes on 13th May 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases, land eligibility inspections, be completed before any payments issue.
In order to meet the EU requirements, the application concerned was one of a number which was selected for inspection. The application was initially examined via remote sensing (Satellite Inspection). As over claims were determined on some parcels, these were sent for ground inspection. The ground inspection has now been carried out and the results have been finalised as an over claim of greater than 20%. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Single Payment Scheme this results in a nil payment in respect of 2013. The person named was notified of this decision on 7th November 2013 and has sought a review. That review is currently underway. The person named will be notified of the outcome of this review as soon as possible and in the event that the person named is dissatisfied with the outcome of this review, the decision can be appealed to the Independent Agriculture Appeals Office, within a period of 3 months.
