Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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916. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4285/20]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted his 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application on 2 May 2019 in which he declared the lands he was farming.

Land which has been burned between the closed season for burning (1 March - 31 August) of any given year is not eligible for payment under the Basic Payment Scheme and my Department actively investigates incidents of illegal burning. As outlined by the Deputy, parcels submitted by the person named were subject to burning during the closed season for burning.

The Department has reviewed this case and have identified that two parcels submitted on the BPS application by the person named were burned. My Department wrote to the person named on 3 March 2020 advising him of the current position with regard to these parcels. In addtion, the person named has been given the right to a review of his position and to submit any documentary evidence that he may have regarding the burning of these parcels.