Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will be granted ANC and BPS payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49878/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2017 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint schemes application on 9 May 2017. 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. Processing of this inspection necessitated the verification of the position on the ground by means of a field visit. This field visit has been completed and the full inspection results are currently being finalised, with the intention of issuing any payments due as soon as possible. In the event that any issue arises officials from my Department will make direct contact with the person named.