Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary may obtain a single farm payment on a section of their land which has been designated as an area of natural heritage; if not, if this land may be reclaimed in order that they can apply for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32693/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Land is eligible for payment under the Single Payment Scheme when it is used for an agricultural activity. In the case of the parcel in question, the inspection process revealed that the presence of scrub rendered certain parts ineligible for payment.

Issues relating to designation of the land as an area of natural heritage, including reclamation, are a matter for The National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.