John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the young farmer payment was discontinued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will arrange to have them included in the scheme. [21169/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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EU regulations governing the Direct Payment Schemes and Rural Development measures require my Department to conduct inspections to ensure compliance with scheme eligibility.

The person named applied for the Young Farmer Scheme and was selected for inspection to check for compliance with the scheme.

The inspection was carried out on 16th March 2023 and the inspection findings, detailing the inspection outcome were communicated to the applicant on 4th May 2023. An element of the inspection is verification that the applicant is in managerial and financial control of the holding. The applicant failed to demonstrate that she is in managerial and financial control.

This correspondence afforded the applicant the opportunity to comment on the inspection findings and/or bring any additional relevant information to the attention of my Department before the final inspection outcome is processed.

Any comments received from the applicant will be considered by my Department in making the final decision on eligibility under the Young Farmer Scheme.