Agriculture Scheme Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 November 2017

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Ceisteanna (494)

Eugene Murphy

Ceist:

494. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of remote sensing eligibility satellite inspections that were carried out in counties Roscommon and Galway to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of inspections in which results are still outstanding; the number of cases in which payments under the basic payment or areas of natural constraint schemes are still outstanding due to a delay in results of these satellite inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50358/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

EU regulations governing the Basic Payment Scheme, the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme and other area-based schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including Ground or Remote Sensing inspections where completed, are fully completed before any payments are issued. My Department is required to undertake inspections on at least 5% of applicants and cases can be selected for inspection under more than one scheme.

The following table details the current position on cases selected for a 2017 Remote Sensing inspection in Counties Galway and Roscommon:

County	No. of 2017 Remote Sensing (RS) Inspections	No. of Cases - RS Inspection Results   Received	No. of Cases - RS Inspection Results   Awaited	No. of Eligible BPS Applicants subject to RS Inspection	No. of Eligible BPS Applicants subject to RS Inspection - Paid	No. of Eligible ANC Applicants subject to RS Inspection	No. of Eligible ANC Applicants subject to RS Inspection - Paid
Galway	460	454 (99%)	6	448	416	447	395
Roscommon	267	261 (98%)	6	259	235	260	216

Outstanding cases continue to be finalised, on a daily basis, through the inspection and payment stage process, subject to scheme specific eligibility criteria being met, e.g. ANC stocking density requirements.