Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person who is in receipt of REP scheme and who has been asked to attend a training course can have a member of their family complete the course on their behalf as they are unable to attend due to ill-health. [32361/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Terms and Conditions of the REP scheme state that the beneficiary must attend the REP Scheme training course. In the case of joint applications either applicant may attend the course, but he or she must attend the whole course. Only in very exceptional circumstances, which are decided on a case by case basis following a written request to the local Regional Inspector, would a derogation to the scheme requirements be considered.