Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area schemes and single payment scheme payments for 2009. [43652/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 29th April 2009.

This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility inspection.

During the course of the ground inspection discrepancies were found with parcel numbers P2371006, P23917001 and P23917003. As a result the area claimed of 18.14 ha was reduced to 17.89 ha. If the total area established is not sufficient to support the number of entitlements held, penalties will be applied as per the Terms and Conditions of the scheme. In this case the number of entitlements held is 18.14. As the difference between the area claimed and the area established is less than 3% and less than 2 ha, payment will be made on the basis of the area established.

The inspection is completed and the application has now been fully processed. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme will issue this week with payment under Single Payment Scheme due to issue on the 1st December 2009.