Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter in relation to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if further information is needed; the expected timeframe for payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53333/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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EU Regulations governing the administration of Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (e.g. satellite inspections), are completed before any payments issue. The 2021 application of the person named was selected for a remote sensing eligibility inspection.

In 2020, The EU Commission granted a derogation in response to COVID allowing advance payments to inspection cases in 2020 on the condition that all the administrative checks were complete. The Department availed of that derogation in 2020.

Unfortunately that derogation was not continued by the European Commission in respect of 2021, despite being sought by Ireland.

The application of the person named is currently being processed. The inspection results, along with any queries identified will be communicated to him as soon as they are available. Any payments due to the applicant will issue as soon as this process is complete.