Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)

Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the reason after dealing with 11 members of his Department's staff and after being promised since early December that their agri environmental options scheme payment would be processed, that a person (details supplied) has still not received payment; the reason his Department has yet to process payments for more than 2,000 farmers in respect of 2010 payments; if he will outline the problem be it technical, is it resources, is it lack of accountability that has caused these delays, in view of the fact that farmers are now in their third year of the scheme and still unpaid for the first year and the situation has gone on for two years; his views that if the work was to be done by hand without computer or photocopier, all 8,000 applications should have been processed by the 11 staff members listed in the details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14593/12]

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