Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10460/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2009 and received payments for the first two years of their contract.

REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. Following the administrative check an area discrepancy was discovered between the Single Farm Payment application for 2011 and the REPS Agri-Environmental Plan which has resulted in the necessity for further investigation. This issue is currently being investigated with the intention of an early resolution and payment in respect of 2011.

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Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10463/12]

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 9 May 2011.

This application was selected for a Ground Eligibility/Cross Compliance Inspection. During the course of this inspection discrepancies were recorded in relation to a number of parcels. These discrepancies resulted in a claimed area of 33.15ha being reduced to a found area of 25.43ha. If the total area found is not sufficient to support the number of entitlements held penalties will be applied per the Terms and Conditions of the scheme. In this case the number entitlements held by the person named is 32.98. As the difference between the area declared and the area found is greater than 20%, under EU Regulations, no payment will issue. The person named was informed of this decision on 11 of January 2012 and of her right to seek a review. She was also informed of her right to appeal the outcome of any such review to the Independent Agriculture Appeals Office. Such a review was requested on 30 of January 2012 and is currently being considered. A decision on the matter will issue to the person named as soon as it is available.