Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 November 2014
56. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason €548 has been deducted from the 2014 single payment scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44596/14]
View answerThe person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 12 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on-farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility inspection.
This inspection identified discrepancies between the areas declared and the area found resulting in an over-declaration in area of between 3% and 20%. Under the Terms and Conditions of these schemes, this resulted in payment under the 2014 Single Farm Payment Scheme being based on the found area having been reduced by double the difference between the area found and the area declared.
The person named was notified of this decision on 21 October 2014. The person named was also informed of the right to seek a review of this decision. 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.
Payment, on the basis set above, of the advance payment under the 2014 Single Payment Scheme issued to the nominated bank account of the person named on 28 October 2014.
