Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal against an administrative fine issued to a person (details supplied) in relation to the single farm payment; and when this payment for 2016 will issue. [3304/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) was received from the person named on 29 April 2015. During processing of the application, dual claim errors arose on three of the parcels declared.  Following an examination of these errors, it was established that the person named did not have the right to declare this land.

The Terms and Conditions of the Basic Payment Scheme provide that where the difference between the area declared and the area found is greater than 50% of the area found no BPS payment is made for the scheme year in question and an additional penalty based on the payment that would have been payable on the rejected area, will be offset against any EU payment due to the applicant.

Following a review, the decision to apply an administrative fine still stands in this case and the person named has been advised of their right to appeal this decision to the Agriculture Appeals Office.