Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 December 2013
481. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the balance of a single farm payment was not paid to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53863/13]
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 cross compliance inspection. During the course of the cross compliance inspection, land eligibility issues were identified requiring that a full ground eligibility inspection be carried out. This inspection has been completed and the results are now being finalised with the intention of issuing any of the balancing payment due under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme as soon as possible. In the event that any queries arise officials in my Department will shortly be in contact with the person named.
