Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2016
165. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme and area aid scheme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8262/16]
View answerThe person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment Scheme application on 12 May 2015. During processing of this application an over-claim was identified in relation to the commonage lands declared and as the difference between the number of eligible hectares determined and the number of hectares declared was greater than 20% no payment could be made under the Basic Payment Scheme. The person named was notified of the over-claim and to date has not submitted an appeal.
The person named also applied for the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme. The over-claim identified in relation to the commonage lands declared also impacted this application. As the difference between the number of eligible hectares determined and the number of hectares declared was greater than 3%, payment under the ANC scheme was calculated on the basis of the area determined, reduced by twice the difference found. Payment under the ANC scheme in respect of 26.43 hectares issued to the nominated bank account of the person named on 17 December 2015.
