Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if an application for review of penalties applied in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19788/10]

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 12 May 2009 declaring a total area of 65.24ha.

This application was selected for and was the subject of a ground eligibility inspection. During the course of the inspection discrepancies were found with parcel numbers X13101048 and X13504091 and the area found eligible for Single Payment Scheme was 54.10ha. These discrepancies included inadequate deductions made for Roads, Farmyards and Scrub. As there is an over declaration of over 20% no payment can be made under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Area Compensatory Allowance Scheme for the year in question.

A review of the case has been sought by the person named and is currently being dealt with by my Department. My Department will be in touch with the person named shortly to inform them of the result of this review.

If the person named is not happy with the outcome of the review, he may make a further appeal to the Agriculture Appeals Office.