John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo received the balance of their outstanding payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6947/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 19th of April 2010.

This application was selected for a Ground Eligibility and Cross Compliance inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results have now been processed.

During the course of the Ground Eligibility inspection discrepancies were found which resulted in the claimed area for the Single Payment Scheme of 23.14ha being reduced to a payable area of 22.87ha. As the total entitlements held are 23.91 and the difference between the area claimed and the area found is less than 3% and under 2ha the area put forward for payment was 22.87ha.

Payment under Single Payment Scheme issued on the 16th of December 2010 and payment under the Disadvantaged Area Scheme issued on the 22nd of December 2010.

The reduction of 0.27ha in the payable area led to €48.39 being withheld from the 2010 SPS payment. An administrative oversight has led to a delay in the issuing of a formal notice explaining the inspection findings and advising the person named of his right to seek a review of the decision. This notice will be dispatched without delay. The person named also retains the right to have the outcome of any such review appealed to the Independent Agriculture Appeals Office.

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when single farm payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [6985/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 30 April 2010. Payments under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme commenced nationally on 18 October 2010. The person named submitted an application with 16 land parcels, 6 of which required re-digitisation. Payments under the Single Payment Scheme 2010 were issued to the applicant on 18 October 2010, 1 December 2010 with a final balancing payment on 22 March 2011.