Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the results of a remote sensing inspection will be finalised so that a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single payment scheme and disadvantaged area scheme 2014 payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46070/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas scheme application on 7 April 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue.

The application of the person named was selected for a Remote Sensing inspection. Initial processing of this inspection identified a requirement to verify the eligibility of land declared by means of a ground inspection.

The results of this inspection are now being finalised with the intention of issuing any payment due as soon as possible. In the event that any queries arise officials in my Department will be in contact with the person named.