Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of remote sensing eligibility satellite inspections that were carried out in counties Roscommon and Galway to date in 2017, in tabular form; the number of inspections in which results are still outstanding; the number of cases in which payments under the basic payment or areas of natural constraint schemes are still outstanding due to a delay in results of these satellite inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50358/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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EU regulations governing the Basic Payment Scheme, the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme and other area-based schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including Ground or Remote Sensing inspections where completed, are fully completed before any payments are issued. My Department is required to undertake inspections on at least 5% of applicants and cases can be selected for inspection under more than one scheme.

The following table details the current position on cases selected for a 2017 Remote Sensing inspection in Counties Galway and Roscommon:

Outstanding cases continue to be finalised, on a daily basis, through the inspection and payment stage process, subject to scheme specific eligibility criteria being met, e.g. ANC stocking density requirements.