Áine Collins
Question:432. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [41522/14]
View answerTuesday, 4 November 2014
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The holding of the person named was the subject of a Nitrates inspection carried out on 19 February 2014 by my Department on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.
This inspection identified breaches under the Nitrates Regulations relating to the lack of storage facilities for farmyard manure and soiled water leading to direct/ indirect run-off to ground water. As similar breaches were identified at a previous inspection on the holding in 2011 and it was noted that no improvement had taken place to address the previous non-compliances, the current breaches were deemed as serious and intentional resulting in a 100% penalty being applied against the 2014 Direct Schemes payments.
The person named was notified of this decision on 6 March 2014. The person named was also informed of the right to seek a review of this decision. No request for such a review has been received by my Department to date.