Ineligible land claims of €2m in Co Cork
Nationally, just over 10 million of single farm payments from about 33,000 farmers, and a further 2.3 million in disadvantaged area payments have been withheld in 2013. The farmers were found to have claimed payments for ineligible features such as roads, buildings, farmyards, dense scrub, etc.
This was uncovered during a Department of Agriculture review of over 900,000 individual land parcels declared by about 132,000 applicants, which was requested by the EU Commission. The farmers involved can seek a review of the decision by Department officials, followed if necessary by an appeal to the independently-chaired LPIS Appeals Committee, and ultimately to the Office of the Ombudsman.
