Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 January 2016
163. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the basic payment scheme 2015 and the areas of natural constraint scheme 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1709/16]
View answerThe person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment /Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme application on 6 May 2015. This application was subject to land verification checks. As part of this process a reduction was found with the claimed area of 31.27ha being reduced to the determined area of 30.33.ha.
The person named was notified of these errors on 23 October 2015. As the difference is greater than 3%, payment shall be calculated on the basis of the area determined, reduced by twice the difference found. Payment under the ANC scheme has issued to the nominated bank account of the person named. The person named submitted a 2015 Transfer of Entitlements Allocation Right and Reference Value application to my Department. This application has been fully processed and payment under the Basic Payment Scheme issued on 12 January 2016.
The person named also submitted applications under the ‘young farmer’ category of the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme. These applications have been finalised and payment will issue shortly.
