Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2015
402. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application under the agri-environment options scheme from a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20265/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person named was approved for participation in the 2012 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from 1 May 2013.
Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. During these checks it was discovered that a parcel with the action Tree Planting Standard was a non-utilisable agricultural area and had a zero reference area (building) on the Single Farm Payment Application.
Without this parcel, the application did not meet the minimum requirement of the scheme of one mandatory and one complementary action, and the contract was subsequently terminated.
The person named was informed of this in a letter dated 22 August 2014 and was also informed of his right of appeal. To date no appeal has been received.
