Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 April 2014
215. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a dual claim appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15849/14]
View answerAn application for Single Farm Payment was received from the person named on the 5th of March 2013. On processing the application it was found that one parcel had been dual claimed by the person named and a third party.
The person named was informed on the 20th of August 2013 of the dual claim. The named person responded to this notification on the 23rd of August stating that he did not have the right to use this parcel in 2013. He stated that he had been informed in early August that the parcel had been leased to another party.
Under the Terms and Conditions of the Single Farm Payment Scheme an applicant can retract an application for a parcel of land, without penalty, if he submits a request to the Single Farm Payment Unit before he is informed that the parcel is in error. As the person named did not retract his application on this parcel before being informed that it was in error it was rejected with subsequent penalty.
The applicant was informed on the 19th of November that the parcel would be rejected with penalty and was informed of his right to appeal to the Agriculture Appeals office. The person named has made such an appeal and this appeal is ongoing.
