Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath received a REPS payment for 2014 which had been subject to a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2120/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced REPS 4 in October 2009 and received payments for the first five years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. Following an inspection in July 2014 a letter issued advising the person named of the application of a 25% penalty for failure to abide by the regulations governing the “Protection and Maintenance of Watercourses” and a 2% penalty for failure to abide by the regulations governing the "Maintenance of the visual appearance of Farm and Farmyard". This initial inspection is currently being reviewed by the Regional Inspector who has been in contact with the herdowner with a view to completing the process as soon as possible.