Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 January 2014
633. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently examine a significant cut in farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; the way he will justify these cuts; if he will review this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55356/13]
View answerThe 2013 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility inspection.
This inspection identified discrepancies between the area declared and the area found, resulting in an over-declaration in area of between 3 and 20%, in respect of the Single Farm Payment Scheme. Based on the Terms and Conditions of this scheme, this resulted in the 2013 payment being based on the found area having being reduced by double the difference between the area found and the area claimed.
The person named was notified of this decision on the 10 October 2013. The person named was also informed of the right to seek a review of this decision. To date no request for a review has been received by my Department .
In the event that the person named is dissatisfied with the outcome of any such review, the decision can be appealed to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office within 3 months.
