Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 December 2013
195. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was deducted €467.15 from the single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54577/13]
View answerIn accordance with EU regulations a review of all land declared on applications for payment under the various direct payment schemes is being undertaken to ensure that ineligible features have been excluded from the land declared.
During the review of the land declared by the person named it was identified that ineligible features, namely roadways and scrub, had been included on the land declared and that these features had been included on the Single Farm Payment Scheme application since 2009. This has resulted in an overclaim of €467.15 in respect of the years 2009 to 2012 inclusive and has been recouped from the balancing payment of the person named.
A further €115.24 was recouped from this herdowner’s advance payment in respect of the ineligible features included on the 2013 application. A letter and maps of the relevant parcels issued to the person named on 17 December. It is open to the person named to seek a review of the decision should he feel that the specific areas should not have been excluded. In the event that the person named is dissatisfied with the outcome of that review, the decision can also be appealed to the independent LPIS Appeals Committee.
