John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment for 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2285/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As part of a review of land parcels declared for the purposes of benefiting from payment under the Single Payment Scheme and other area-based Direct Payment Schemes, the person named was written to by my Department in April 2011 with regard to ineligible areas on one of their land parcels declared for the scheme years 2009 and 2010 which had given rise to overpayments in both the scheme years 2009 and 2010.

Following a complete review of the circumstances of this case, the penalty applied to each of the scheme years 2009 and 2010 has been reduced by 90%. The processing of both payments has recently been finalised and I expect that refunds will shortly issue to the person named within the next week.

John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment and their disadvantaged area scheme payment; the reason for the delay [2286/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under 2013 Single Payment / Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 2 May 2013. A full advance payment in respect of Single Payment Scheme issued on 16 October and the entire balancing payment due issued on 02 December 2013 to the nominated bank account of the person named.

Payment in respect of the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme is due to issue shortly as the holding of the person named has recently been confirmed as having met the stocking requirements following the successful completion of an end of year exercise to establish the definitive position.