Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 November 2014
98. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the single farm payment scheme and the disadvantaged area based scheme for 2014 and any other agriculture payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42612/14]
View answerA review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Schemes revealed that a number of the land parcels declared by the person named contained ineligible features. Following an appeal from the person named, a visit by a Department official to verify the position was necessary to progress the matter. The outcome of this check resulted in an over- claim in area of greater than 20% being recorded on the lands claimed by the person named. Under the Terms and Conditions of the Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Schemes such an over-claim results in no payment being due in respect of 2014.
