Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
347. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the details of a satellite inspection, carried out under the 2014 single payment scheme, will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the date of the inspection; the way this will affect the person's 2014 single farm payment; when the payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23067/15]
View answerThe person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ scheme application on 15 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed to confirm eligibility under the schemes. The application of the person named was selected for a Remote Sensing inspection. Initial processing of this inspection identified a requirement to verify the eligibility of the lands declared by means of a field inspection.
An initial field visit was carried out on 3 February 2015. However it was not possible to inspect all of the lands to be verified on that date. A further field visit was carried out on 2 April 2015 to complete the verification of the lands. The results of these verification checks have now been finalised and there is no financial impact on payments due under both the Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas’ schemes.
Payments under both the 2014 Disadvantaged Areas and Single Farm Payment Schemes are being processed and will issue shortly.
