Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a higher area based payment has not been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3500/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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To be eligible under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme applicants are required, inter alia, to occupy and farm a minimum of three hectares of forage land; land designated as other than forage is not eligible. The closing date for the 2009 Scheme was 15 May 2009. The Scheme provided for amendments forms to be submitted up to 31 May 2009, without penalty, and afterwards up to 9 June 2009, subject to penalty. However, applicants were advised that land could not be added after that date.

The person named submitted an application under the 2009 on 14 April 2009, in respect of which payment in full issued on 21 September 2009. An amendment form was submitted on 22 December 2009, the land use of the additional land being declared as 'bog'; however, as this application was both late and in respect of ineligible land, no further payment was due to the person named.