James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas based scheme will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Longford; the reason for the delay in issuing these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50277/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme application on 15 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 between 3% and 20%. 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 will be notified of this decision shortly and of their right to seek a review. In the event that the person named in dissatisfied with the outcome of any such review, the decision can be appealed to the Independent Agriculture Appeals Office, within 3 months. Payments due under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme, on the basis set out above, issued to the nominated bank account of person named on 14 and 15 November 2013, respectively.