Written answers
Thursday, 10 May 2012
Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
Departmental Schemes
4:00 pm
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 23: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the following detailed information in relation to recipients of the single farm payment and disadvantaged area scheme in County Carlow for 2011, the total number of receipts of single farm payment and disadvantaged areas; the total amount of money paid under each scheme; the number of farmers inspected under land eligibility, cross compliance and GAEC under each scheme; the number of farmers penalised under each scheme, highlighting the number and level of penalties in each area, that is SMR, GAEC and land eligibility; if he will provide a breakdown of financial value of the penalties applied across the different areas and outline the way the farmers were selected for inspection, the number of cases where tolerances were applied and any other information available on the inspections conducted in 2011 in County Carlow. [23132/12]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy for the 2011 Schemes is currently not available as the inspection data is still being finalised following reviews, appeals etc. I have set out in tabular form, data on the Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Schemes for Co Carlow for the years 2009 and 2010.
2009 & 2010 Single Payment Scheme – Co Carlow
| 2009 | 2010 | |
| No. of Applicants Paid | 1644 | 1641 |
| Total Value of Payments | €25,869,265.04 | €25,294,219.15 |
| No. of Applicants – Late Penalty Reduction Applied | 8 | 10 |
| Value of Late Penalty Reductions Applied | €2,179 | €2,537 |
| No. of Applicants Inspected – Eligibility | 41 | 58 |
| No. of Applicants with Over-claim Adjustment Applied (Not Penalty) * | 32 | 67 |
| Value of Over-claim Adjustment applied (Not Penalty) * | €6,041 | €54,084 |
| No. of Applicants with Over-claim Penalty * | 7 | 15 |
| Value of Over-claim Penalties Applied* | €6,134 | €121,618 |
| * Reductions/Penalties following both administrative & inspection controls |
2009 & 2010 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme – Co Carlow
| 2009 | 2010 | |
| No. of Applicants Paid | 758 | 748 |
| Total Value of Payments | €1,659566.82 | €1,629875.01 |
| No. of Applicants – Late Penalty Reduction Applied | 6 | 2 |
| Value of Late Penalty Reductions Applied | €590 | €137 |
| No. of Applicants Inspected – Eligibility | 25 | 13 |
| No. of Applicants with Over-claim Adjustment Applied (Not Penalty) * | 10 | 22 |
| Value of Over-claim Adjustment applied (Not Penalty)* | €164 | €529 |
| No. of Applicants with Over-claim Penalty* | 8 | 11 |
| Value of Over-claim Penalties Applied* | €1,794 | €8,331 |
| * Reductions/Penalties following both administrative & inspection controls |
2009 & 2010 Cross Compliance Inspections/Penalties
Applied to SPS/DAS – Co Carlow
| Calendar Year Penalty* | Value of Penalties | |||||||||
| Year | No. of Inspections | ToleranceApplied | 1% - 2% | 3% - 4% | 5% - 8% | 9% - 14% | 15% - 20% | >20% | SPS | DAS |
| 2009 | 162 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | €11,736 | €749 |
| 2010 | 184 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | €30,216 | €1,846 |
* An applicant can breach across multiple SMRs or inspections but these will be represented by a single Calendar Year Penalty
2009 & 2010 Cross Compliance Penalties at SMR/GAEC Level – Co Carlow
| SMR/GAEC | Year | 1% - 2% | 3% - 4% | 5% - 8% | 9% - 14% | 15% - 20% | >20% |
| SMR 1 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Protection areas | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 2 – | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Groundwater | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 3 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sludge | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 4 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nitrates | 2010 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SMR 5 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Areas of Conservation | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 6 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Porcine IDR | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR7/8 - | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bovine IDR | 2010 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SMR 8 - | 2009 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ovine IDR | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SMR 9 - | 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pesticides | 2010 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 11 - | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fee/Food Hygiene | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 12 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TSE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 16 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Welfare of Calves | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 17 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Welfare of Pigs | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SMR 18 - | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Welfare of Animals | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GAEC | 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The position regarding payments to Carlow farmers under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme and the 2011 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme are as outlined in the following table:
| Scheme | Eligible applicants | Numbers paid | Value of payments |
| 2010 SPS | 1,642 | 1,641 | €25,294,219 |
| 2009 SPS | 1,651 | 1,644 | €25,869,265 |
| 2010 DAS | 754 | 748 | €1,631,858 |
| 2011 DAS | 760 | 758 | €1,660,905 |
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