Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With respect to payments due to the agricultural sector, it is totally unacceptable that where some slight misinformation appears on a application for a farm payment the computers in the Department spit out the form into a corner, such files are being left there and nobody is handling them on a manual basis. I have been informed by senior officials in the Department that this is what is happening. It is unacceptable that is happening where a small error exists. I will give brief example of a case. A person got a €50 reduction when they were paying their bill and because that discrepancy of €50 arose with respect to their €50,000 cheque, their file is not being dealt with. That is one of numerous examples of cases across the country.

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