Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a reply will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to a payment under the Single Payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20185/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application under 2013 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Areas Schemes on 1 May 2013.

A land parcel of 7.42 hectares was omitted from the initial application. A request to add this land parcel was refused as it was after the latest date for amendment of a Single Payment Scheme application form.

During discussions at an Agriculture Appeals Office hearing, my Department became aware of the proximity of the date of application to the date of death of the father of the person named who had previously farmed the land in question. The land parcels of the late father of the person named are now being farmed by the person named. It was decided on grounds of force majeure and exceptional circumstances to add this land parcel to the 2013 Single Payment Scheme application. No extra payments are due for 2013 but my Department will now recalculate the provisional entitlement statement for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme of the person named based on the revised area details.