Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 April 2018
166. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of a TAMS payment under the dairy equipment scheme paid and penalised to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18416/18]
View answerThe person named made an application under the Dairy Equipment Scheme 22 June 2016 and a payment claim was submitted on 2 November 2017. This application was the subject of an on-farm inspection. It is a requirement that the payments claimed be verified as part of such an inspection. In this case issues arose in relation to ineligible receipts and contractors tax compliance which resulted in penalties and reductions being applied to the payment in respect of the investments.
Non-submission of required supporting documents for the Milk Storage and Cooling investment resulted in a 100% reduction in grant-aid for the relevant investment and a found reference cost at inspection for the In Parlour meal feeding system resulted in a 0.21% reduction.
As there was an over-claim of eligible expenditure by more than 10% a penalty of 18.15% (subtraction of over-claim from the eligible amount payable) was applied. Where an over claim penalty occurs it is applied to all main investments. The breakdown is shown in the following table.
|
Investments |
Gross Amt |
Penalties |
Reduction |
Net Payment |
|
Auto Washer |
€1,748.00 |
-€317.26 |
€0.00 |
€1,430.74 |
|
In-Parlour meal feeding system |
€7,740.00 |
-€1,404.81 |
-€16.25 |
€6,318.94 |
|
Milk Storage and Cooling |
€5,792.00 |
€0.00 |
-€5,792.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Milking Machine |
€16,720.00 |
-€3,034.68 |
€0.00 |
€13,685.32 |
|
TOTAL |
€32,000.00 |
€4,756.75 |
€5,808.25 |
€21,435.00 |
The Schedule of Penalties is set out in Annex B of the Terms and Conditions of the TAMS II Scheme.
