Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 October 2017
152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused payment under the young farmers capital investment scheme for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43364/17]
View answerThe person named made an application under the Young farmer Capital Investment Scheme on 16 March 2016. A payment claim was submitted on 23 August 2017. Following checks of the submitted supporting documents, a penalty was applied. This was because the investment item was not owned in full by the person named at the time of submission of the payment claim. As the value of this item exceeds 50% of the total claim, the entire application was rejected as it was deemed the receipts submitted were ineligible. The person named was advised of this decision in writing on 29 September 2017. The person named was also advised of the option to request a review of the decision made.
