The person named commenced REPS 4 in May 2009 and received payments for the first year of the contract. In addition, 75% of the year 2 payment issued on 21 April 2011 for the amount of €5,581.69. Following an inspection in June 2010, a 25% penalty was imposed for bovines "not excluded from watercourses" and a 35% penalty for "a water well which was unfenced". The person named unsuccessfully appealed this decision to officials in my Department in March 2011.
These penalties have now been deducted from the balancing 25% payment for 2010 with the result that the person named is not due a balancing payment and there is also an additional overpayment of €2,604.78 which must be deducted from the 2011 payment.