Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the basic farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [49778/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2018 Basic Payment Scheme application on 12th April 2018. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue.

The applications of the associated partners in this partnership were selected for a ground eligibility inspection and a remote sensing inspection. These inspections have been completed and the results have now been fully finalised. Payment due under the Basic Payment Scheme will issue to the nominated bank account of the partnership shortly.

Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a basic farm payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [49780/18]

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 8th May 2018. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases on farm inspections, be completed before any payments issue.

The application of the person named was selected for a ground eligibility inspection. This inspection has been processed and a letter detailing the findings has issued to the person named. This notification 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