Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) who has appealed the decision on his national reserve for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23530/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme on 27 May 2015. The application was processed with payments issuing to the nominated bank account of the person named in December 2015 and February 2016.

To complete the full processing of this application, the person named was requested to submit commonage evidence for a particular land parcel. The person named submitted a lease agreement to substantiate their claim. However, on examination of the documentation submitted, some issues were identified.

An official from my Department contacted the person named on 13 July 2016 requesting a valid lease agreement to clarify the outstanding matters. Should these matters be resolved, the application will be further processed. Consideration for an allocation from the National Reserve will form part of this process.