Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17221/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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A review of the land parcels declared by the person named under the 2013 Single Payment Scheme revealed that a number of the land parcels declared by the person named contained ineligible features. Following a request for a review from the person named, a visit by a Department official to verify the position was necessary to progress the matter. The finding of the ground verification check was that the person named had an area over-declaration of 22.99 % in the case of both the Single Farm Payment and the Disadvantaged Area Schemes. As the level of the over-declaration was greater than 20% of the established eligible area in respect of both Schemes, regretfully, no payment was due to the person named under the 2013 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Area Schemes. In view of these findings, the payments already made under the 2013 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Schemes are deemed overpaid and will be offset against future payments made to the applicant by my Department.

The person named was notified of this decision on the 3rd March 2015 and was advised that in the event that they are dissatisfied with the outcome of the verification check, the decision can be appealed to the independent LPIS Appeals Committee, within three months of the date of this letter.