Vol. 511 No. 6
216 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1999 headage and premia payments; and if he will give details of claiming for a plot of land. [25290/99]
As stated in my reply of 9 November 1999 to Parliamentary Question No. 155, the 1999 area aid application for the person named was randomly selected for inspection. The applicant applied for a total of 24.25 hectares. A dispute over the right to claim parcel P16724023, one hectare, was resolved in favour of the person named and he has been given the credit for it. However, a number of other parcels were found to be overclaimed, which has lead to a total overclaim in this application of 9.46h. The area determined at inspection was 14.79 hectares. This represents a difference of 9.46 hectares or 63.96 per cent.
Under Article 9 of EU Regulation 3887/92, no penalty is applied when the difference is less than 3 per cent, the penalty is based on double the difference when it is between 3 per cent and 20 per cent and when the difference is over 20 per cent, a 100 per cent penalty must be applied. Therefore in this case a full 100 per cent penalty must be applied and no area aid related payments can be made.
The applicant signed the inspection at the time, certifying that the inspection procedure was explained to him and that he was satisfied it was carried out correctly.
217 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1999 cattle headage and suckler cow premium. [25291/99]
The person named applied for the 1999 suckler premium scheme and the 1999 cattle headage scheme on 2 June 1999. He also applied for the 1999 ewe premium scheme on 17 December 1998.
He was found to have made a false declaration on his ewe premium application and as a result he was not entitled to any ewe premium payment. However, the herdowner had already been paid the first instalment of the 1999 ewe premium and consequently he was notified of this overpayment.
The 1999 suckler cow premium and cattle headage applications are presently being processed and payment will issue at an early date. This payment will be nett of any overpayments in relation to the ewe premium scheme.
218 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive 1999 sheep headage and fifth year REP scheme payment. [25292/99]
