Written answers
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Department of Agriculture and Food
Grant Payments
10:00 am
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will quantify the financial penalty involved in the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork due to non compliance with the nitrates regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29216/10]
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The deduction involved in this case amounts to €308.43. The deduction was made because the Department's records indicate that in 2007 the amount of nitrogen from livestock manure applied to land on the holding (including that deposited by animals) exceeded the limit of 170kgs per hectare set down in the Nitrates Regulations. It is open to the person named to appeal this deduction, within a three month time limit from day of final decision, by letter to the Agriculture Appeals Office, Kilminchy Court, Portlaoise, Co. Laois. The Agriculture Appeals Office is an independent body established to provide an appeals service to farmers in respect of decisions of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food relating to entitlements under the various schemes available. The appeal must be made in writing within three months of the date of notification of the penalty. In making the appeal a person must include all the facts and contentions upon which they intend to rely, together with such documentary evidence that they may wish to submit in support of an appeal.
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