Single Payment Scheme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 July 2012

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Ceisteanna (641)

Seán Kyne

Ceist:

652 Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a request has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway to refund part of their 2011 single farm payment; the way this amount was calculated and which specific parcels of land his Department have deemed unfarmable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34585/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Simon Coveney)

The amendments referred to arose from the findings of a eligibility inspection of the holding of the person named under the Agri- Environment Option Scheme, I have arranged for an official of my Department to forward a copy of the report to the person named, which details the exact deductions that were applied to the land parcels declared by the applicant.