Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2015
109. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare, under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9615/15]
View answerThe person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas scheme application on 14 April 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. The outcome of this inspection did not result in any area over-declarations being applied in respect of the 2014 Single Payment Scheme.
The governing EU regulations require that payment under the Single Payment Scheme is calculated on the lower of the number of entitlements held or the area declared by the applicant, where no over-declarations in area have been determined following either administrative or on-the-spot checks. As the person named declared a lesser area on their 2014 application than the number of entitlements held, the payments issued under the Single Payment Scheme were based on the area declared.
