Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)
1:55 pm
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Yes, in total. It is a relatively small figure. The average overclaim in that category is only about 1% and it is a repayment. For some farmers, we took that retrospective payment last year to try to ensure that they would not have a problem. Anybody who thinks that to be popular we can simply tell the Commission we are not paying any retrospective payments, I can advise them that what will happen to Ireland will be what has happened to other countries-----
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