Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
1188. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a previous agreement whereby his Department agreed that there would be no retrospective penalties imposed for 2008 and 2009 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37746/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Deputy is referring to farmers, who submitted maps with their 2010 Single Payment Scheme applications, outlining ineligible features which required to be excluded from the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS). My Department is currently carrying out a complete review of the applications of farmers, who had an exclusion processed in respect of the 2009 SPS scheme-year and were written to in relation to the resulting debt some weeks ago. Where that review establishes that the farmer had submitted a map excluding the ineligible feature as part of the 2010 application, retrospective reductions related to 2009 will not apply, in keeping with commitments previously given.
