Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a land parcel information system review on an application for a single farm payment appeal by persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31556/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2014 Single Farm Payment 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 this scheme, this resulted in the 2014 payment 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 appealed this decision and the outcome of this review was to reduce the over-declaration in area to under 3% and under 2ha . A letter detailing the outcome of this review will issue to the person named shortly. In the event that the person named is dissatisfied with this outcome, the decision can be appealed to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office within 3 months of the date of the review letter.

Payment due under the 2014 Single Payment Scheme, as a result of the reduction in the over-declaration, has been processed and will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named shortly.