Áine Collins
Question:393. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork was issued with a 5% cross compliance penalty for 2013. [12073/15]
View answerTuesday, 24 March 2015
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The holding of the person named was subject to a Cross Compliance inspection on 27 November 2013. As part of this process the person named was requested to submit to the Department specific records, as required under the Nitrates Regulations, within 2 weeks of the date of the inspection.
It was identified as part of the processing of this element of the inspection, that the required records had not been submitted to the Department. As a result a 5% penalty was applied against the 2013 Direct Payments schemes. The person named was notified of this decision on 10 December 2014.
The person named has sought a review of this decision and this request is currently being examined. The person named will be notified of the outcome of the review shortly. In the event that the person named is dissatisfied with the outcome of the review, the decision can be appealed to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office within 3 months.