Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the decision to impose a penalty on the single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57309/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 8 May 2012. The eligible areas for Single Payment/Disadvantaged Areas purposes of the parcels referred to, which were declared on the application, were reduced following a review carried out by my Department using the latest aerial photography available.

The person named was written to in this regard on 24 August 2012. Arising from correspondence received from the applicant, two subsequent follow up ground inspections were carried out by my Department. Following this review process, the eligible area of the parcel was increased to approximately 39% (4.44 hectares) of the digitised area of the land.

The person named has the right to appeal the outcome of the review process to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office.