John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43234/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme application on 13 May 2013. EU Regulations governing the administration of the schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue.

The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility inspection. This inspection identified discrepancies between the area declared and the area found, resulting in an over-declaration in area of greater than 2 hectares. Based on the Terms and Conditions of the schemes, this results in the 2013 payments being based on the found area having being reduced by double the difference between the area found and the area claimed.

The person named was notified of this decision on 23 September 2013. The person named was also informed of the right to see a review of this decision, In the event that the person named in dissatisfied with the outcome of the review, the decision can be appealed to the Independent Agriculture Appeals Office, within 3 months.

The payments under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme, which will issue shortly, directly to the nominated bank account of person named, have been calculated taking account of the over-claim mentioned above. Should the person named avail of the right of appeal and should that appeal prove successful, then the payments under both Schemes will be recalculated to take account of the successful appeal.