Charlie McConalogue
Ceist:766. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most common causes or areas in which overclaims were made in 2016 and 2017. [12974/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 20 March 2018
Ceisteanna (766)
Freagraí scríofa
It is assumed that this question relates to the Basic Payment Scheme and Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme. Over-claims arise where the land area found by the Department during processing exceeds the area declared by the applicant. The most common causes of these over-claims include:
- farmers failing to make sufficient deduction for ineligible land such as land covered by scrub, farm buildings, roadways, yards, house sites etc.;
- farmers failing to check their maps at application stage to ensure that they have removed any land no longer farmed by them for example where a lease has come to an end and someone else is now farming the land.
Every effort should be made by applicants to make sure their application is accurate.