Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal of a farm payment decision by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2102/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application from the person- named was received by my Department under the first tranche of GLAS. The applicant selected two actions, i.e. Low Input Permanent Pasture (LIPP) and Traditional Orchards. Following the pre-approval validation checking process, the Low Input Permanent Pasture action was deemed ineligible as there was no record of a grazing enterprise of owned animals on the holding, as required by the scheme specifications. Without this action, the application did not meet the minimum required score of 16.3 and was therefore deemed ineligible for participation in the scheme. The person named was notified of this decision and the option of appeal to GLAS section was given.

The option of an appeal was taken and following a review of the application the original decision was upheld. On the 14 December 2015, a letter issued to the person named notifying him of this decision and of his right to appeal this further to the Agriculture Appeals Office.