Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments have not issued to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40376/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2018 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on the 12th May 2018. 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. This inspection has been processed and the person named was notified of the findings on the 2nd October 2018. The notification issued outlines the options available at this stage, namely to accept the findings or to submit comments to my Department for consideration. On completion of this process, the inspection outcome will be finalised and any payments due will issue to the nominated bank account of the person named as soon as possible.