Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33682/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the Single Payment scheme, in order to receive full payment, an applicant must declare one eligible hectare for each entitlement held. Under the 2013 scheme, while the person named held 34.93 entitlements, as he only declared 26.82 hectares of eligible lands, payment was made on the basis of the declaration made. A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the Single Payment Scheme in both 2012 and 2013 revealed that a number of the land parcels declared contained ineligible features. In order to clarify the position regarding the ineligible features my Department undertook a ground verification check. The outcome of this check reduced the over-declaration in area in respect of the 2012 Scheme and the minor reduction in respect of the 2013 Single Payment Scheme was removed. A letter detailing the outcome of the verification check issued to the person named on 7 July 2014; the person named was also informed of the right to appeal this decision to the independent LPIS Appeals Committee. I understand that no such appeal has been received to date.