Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will consider reviewing a decision to impose a 100% penalty on a basic payment scheme application by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary due to a late submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5932/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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An application in respect of the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) was received from the person named on 8 July 2016, thus incurring a 100% late penalty as it was outside the time frame allowed.

The closing date for the receipt of applications under the 2016 BPS was 16th May as confirmed in the 2016 Terms and Conditions booklet circulated to all applicants in March/April 2016 and also on the 2016 BPS application form.

It is also set down in the Terms & Conditions booklet that there are deductions applied under EU legislation for the submission of applications after 16th May. During the following 25 calendar days, up to 11th June 2016, it was possible to submit applications under the 2016 BPS with a rate of deduction of 1% per working day. From that date, except in cases of force majeure/exceptional circumstances, a 100% late penalty must be applied in respect of applications received by my Department.

This application mentioned above was submitted online by the person named on 8th July. Reference was made to difficulties with the online system.  However, Department records indicate that the person named did not access the system until 27 June 2016.

If the person named can submit any additional relevant information my Department will review this case.