Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 21 April 2015, if a decision has been made; if so, when the decision was made; and the nature of the decision. [18710/15]

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 14 May 2014. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on farm inspections be completed to confirm eligibility under the schemes.

The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility inspection.

The inspection identified discrepancies between the areas declared and the area found resulting in an over-declaration in area of between 3% and 20%. Under the Terms and Conditions of these schemes, this result ed in the 2014 payments being based on the found area having been reduced by double the difference between the area found and the area declared. The person named was notified of this decision on 8 September 2014.

The person named was contacted by the Department and has appealed this decision and this request is currently being examined. The person named will be notified of the outcome as soon as possible. In the event that the person named is dissatisfied with the outcome of this review, the decision can be appealed to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office, within 3 months.