Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 November 2013
556. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty on a single farm payment for an over-claim will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50745/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe 2012 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility inspection. This inspection identified discrepancies between the area declared and the area found, resulting in an over-declaration in area of between 3% and 20%. Based on the Terms and Conditions of the schemes, this resulted in the 2012 payments being based on the found area having been reduced by double the difference between the area found and the area claimed.
The person named appealed this decision and was notified of the outcome of the review, which was to uphold the original decision, on 18 January 2013. The person named appealed this outcome to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office and this appeal is currently being considered. The person named will be notified of the decision on this appeal as soon as the outcome is known. The outcome of this appeal process may have an effect on payments due to the person named under the 2013 schemes as the lands, whose eligibility is currently being considered as part of the appeal process, have been included by the person named in their application under the 2013 schemes.
