Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a fine in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24792/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The final instalment of €1,815.46 of an outstanding REPS 3 debt that arose in 2009 was netted against a Disadvantaged Area Payments on 25th September 2012.

In addition the person named joined the Organic Farming Scheme in June 2008 and received payments for the first four years of the contract. The Organic Farming Scheme 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 an inspection in July 2011 by officials in my Department a discrepancy was discovered between the land claimed on the Single Payment Scheme application and the Organic Farming Scheme. This resulted in an overpayment of €1,371.81 on his Organic Farming Scheme payment. The person named was notified of this debt and the debt was recouped on 30 November, 2012 from his Single Payment Scheme payment.