Michael Ring
Ceist:231 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when an area based payment will be received by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [26033/01]
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231 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development when an area based payment will be received by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [26033/01]
The 2001 area aid application for the person named has been fully processed and any payments due under the 2001 area-based compensatory allowance scheme will issue shortly.
232 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the position in relation to the recouping of moneys in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [26034/01]
The area aid application relating to this herd number was subject to an inspection in 1998 in which an overclaim of some 28% was determined. Under Article 9 of EU Regulation 3887/92 when the difference is over 20%, a 100% penalty must be applied. Therefore in this case, as the overclaim was greater than 20%, any area aid linked payments issued in respect of 1998 must be recovered.