Brendan Griffin
Question:476. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [53790/13]
View answerTuesday, 17 December 2013
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The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme application on 10 May 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of the 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. In the event that the person named is dissatisfied with the outcome of the review, the decision can be appealed to the Independent Agriculture Appeals Office, within 3 months. Processing of payments due, on the basis set out above, under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme have been finalised and will issue shortly to the nominated bank account of person named.