Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 509: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the areas to which the money collected from penalties applied under the single farm payment scheme is reallocated. [15111/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under EU Regulations amounts arising from reductions and exclusions from payment as a result of non-compliance with the cross-compliance regime shall be credited to the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) however Member States may retain 25% of those amounts. The amounts retained are accounted for in the annual EU clearance of accounts decision and are shown as Appropriations in Aid in my Department's Vote. They are surrendered to the Exchequer through the vote on an annual basis and are not re-allocated in any way. Reductions and exclusions applied as a result of land eligibility issues are simply not charged to the EAGF.