Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes applied for by a person (details supplied) in County Cork in 2015, including the outstanding payments due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4133/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 21 May 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue. The application of the person named was selected for a Remote Sensing eligibility inspection. This inspection identified discrepancies between the areas declared and the area found resulting in an over-declaration in area of under 3% and under 2 hectares . The person named was notified of this decision on 23 October 2015 and of their right to seek a review of the inspection outcome. To date no such request has been received, and payment has issued to the nominated bank account of the person named in respect of both schemes.

The person named submitted an application under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme on 13 May 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of the scheme require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on the spot inspections, be completed before any payments issue. These checks will be finalised as soon as possible and any payment due will issue directly to the nominated bank account of the person named.

The person named has also been approved under Tranche 1 of GLAS with a contract start date of 1 October 2015. GLAS applicants with a start date of 1 October 2015 are entitled to a 2015 part-year payment covering the three month period 1 October 2015-31 December 2015 in respect of certain actions.

During the prepayment validation checks on the GLAS application a query was identified. Department officials are examining this query with a view to resolving it and moving to process the application for the part-year payment as soon as possible.