Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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585. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a deduction was made from a single farm payment in 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25848/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 15 May 2012. Issues arose regarding two of the parcels declared; one because it had also been declared by another applicant and the other, because it had been over-claimed. The applicant accepted that he did not have the right to declare the dual-claimed parcel, and also that he had over-claimed on the second parcel. Consequently, the application was processed, with penalty, as provided for in the Terms and Conditions governing the Scheme.

In addition, in order to comply with EU requirements, the applicant was selected for a Cross Compliance inspection which took place on 31 May 2012. The inspection recorded breaches relating to both nitrates and cattle identification/registration requirements. As a result, a penalty of 5% was also registered against the applicant’s 2012 payments. The decision was notified to the person named on 14 September 2012. He was also advised of his right to seek a review of the decision and of his right to appeal the outcome of any such review, in turn, to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office. To date, no such application has been has been received. However, these options remain open to the applicant.