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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of penalties and disallowances imposed on the 2013 single farm payment applications and disadvantaged payment applications following inspections and also the examination of farmers' maps; the total monetary value of these penalties; the total number of farmers who have had a 100% penalty imposed; and if he will make...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Everywhere I go I meet farmers who complain that their single farm payment was cut last year because of the inspections and changes to the maps. There seem to be significant difficulties in the west of the Minister's county. I ask the Minister to provide me with factual information as to the effect of all these penalties on farmers across the country last year and, in particular,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has given out a lot of figures. It looked great at the beginning; I thought to myself, "My God, only 2,000 were penalised." However, it then turned out that the figure was really 33,000. Will the Minister confirm that 33,000 represents over one quarter of all farmers?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, I know, but I still got the attention of the Minister. How many of these farmers will be penalised retrospectively because of the recalibration of the LPIS? An ordinary farmer could never have carried out these calculations with the accuracy required by the Department.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not going away.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked the Minister how many would be penalised retrospectively over what I understand can be up to five years. It is very important that we get that figure. Does the Minister have a breakdown of the penalty applied? In other words, 33,000 farmers made some mistake, and to think that these set out to give the wrong data to the Department is outrageous.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How many of these are on land holdings of less than 20 hectares? Does the proportion of farmers who got caught in this system increase as the farm size decreases? A question I asked the Department previously is what percentage of those who were penalised because they had an error of more than 3%, which means they lose three times the overclaim, had land acreage of less than 20 ha. It is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister give me the facts? I was not looking for a moral lecture.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked a question.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Why? It is easy enough to get.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Single Payment Scheme Administration (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister get me the data on how many people have been asked for retrospective payments? Will the Minister arrange for that to be sent to me?

Other Questions: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date of the announcement of the Agri-Environment Option Scheme, AEOS; the date for the closure of receipt of applications for this scheme; the amount paid to farmers to date under AEOS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20341/14]

Other Questions: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: From the time of the Agri-Environment Option Scheme, AEOS, 3 scheme was announced until first payment was made, what time span was involved?

Other Questions: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The time between the scheme being announced and the first payments being issued was one year and seven months. When will the 25% balance be paid?

Other Questions: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it reasonable to presume that if the Minister announces the GLAS scheme in December 2014 payment will not issue until mid-2016 and no payments will be made in 2014 or 2015 and the second tranche of these payments would be likely to be made in 2017, and this is for farmers who join on the first day. Will everybody have to join the GLAS scheme on one day or will the application process be...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timelines for informing the EU on final national decisions on Pillars 1 and 2 of the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20339/14]

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is a very straightforward question. I understand there are timelines for informing the European Commission on Pillars 1 and 2. Will the Minister confirm these timelines?

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it intended to run a public consultation process in June with farmers on the total package of the final draft proposals on Pillars 1 and 2, particularly in view of the fact time is on the Minister's side? Until farmers see the total package there is no way they can make a judgment on whether they think it is fair. Such a consultation process would allow farmers to give feedback to the...

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes.

Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We could.