Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a forestry premium will be revisited, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21252/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Applications under the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Single Farm Payment/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme were received from the person named. Payments issued each year in respect of the eligible claimed areas. A number of afforested lands were declared by the person named as 0.00 hectares and consequently no payment issued in respect of these parcels for the claim years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. During a Ground Inspection in October 2014 the applicant was made aware of the omission of the forestry parcels. It was accepted that this omission was an innocent error and the parcels were processed for payment in respect of 2014. Payment of the forestry area in respect of 2014 issued to the person named in February 2015. Processing of payments in respect of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 for the eligible forestry areas has recently been finalised and any supplementary payments due on foot of this decision will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named as soon as possible.