Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 453: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will review the single farm payment over-claim penalty applied to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in view of the fact that the claim was based on the digitised maps provided by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16677/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 26 April 2006.

As part of the control procedures under EU legislation, governing the Single Payment Scheme, the application was randomly selected for and was the subject of an eligibility and cross compliance inspection. The findings of the inspection of 12 September 2006 was that the applicant had submitted over-claims in respect of five parcels. The total area claimed of 75.64 hectares was subsequently reduced to the found area of 73.60 hectares. Under EU Regulations, if the total number of eligible hectares found on an inspection is not sufficient to support the number of entitlements held a penalty is applied as set out in the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme. In this case, as the difference between the area claimed and area found was greater than two hectares, a penalty of double the difference was applied, as provided for under the regulations governing the Scheme, and the number of hectares eligible for payment was reduced to 69.52 hectares.

These findings were notified to the person named on 10 October 2006. He was also notified of his right to seek a review of this decision. A request for a review was received on 5 March 2007. This review is currently being considered and a Department official will be in contact with the person named within the next two weeks to arrange a suitable time to re-inspect the parcels in question.

John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will be issued to a person (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16737/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the 2006 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 19 April 2006. In accordance with the provisions of the EU Regulations governing the Single Payment Scheme, the application was randomly selected for inspection. The inspection, which was carried out on 17 November 2006, confirmed the detail of the application as submitted by the person named.

Full payment of €8,730.17 issued to the person named on 29 January 2007 and was cashed on 1 February 2007. The refund of the modulation deduction of €200.00 issued on 15 March 2007 and was cashed on 11 April 2007.