Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45683/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Terms and Conditions of the Basic Payment Scheme and other EU funded schemes an applicant, as well as meeting the scheme criteria, must comply with EU regulatory requirements relating to Cross Compliance.

A report detailing findings of an inspection carried out by Limerick City and County Council on 10^thApril 2018 was referred to my Department's Cross Compliance Unit for attention. This report detailed breaches of the cross compliance requirements under the Nitrates Regulations and related to the discharging of a large amount of slurry from an earthen walled slurry tank into a nearby river.

The breaches resulted in a 20% penalty being applied against the 2018 Direct Schemes payments. The person named was notified of this decision on 30^thJuly 2018. A review request was received on 8^thOctober 2018 and is currently being examined by the Department. The person named will be notified of the outcome of this review on completion of the process.

In the event that the person named is dissatisfied with the outcome of the review, the decision can be appealed to the independent Agriculture Appeals Office within 3 months.