Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2015
260. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason single farm payments were withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3580/15]
View answerThe person named submitted an application for the 2014 Single Payment/ Disadvantaged Areas Schemes on 8 May 2014. A dual claim arose on a land parcel to which the person named stated they did not have a right to claim. This overclaim resulted in an over 20% penalty reduction, which, based on the Terms and Conditions, results in no payment under both the 2014 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Schemes . A penalty letter issued to the person named informing him of this fact and an official from my Department has also made contact with the person named to advise him of the position and of his right of appeal.
