Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to speed up the payment of REP scheme to farmers once their applications are submitted; and the length of time it currently takes on average, for a REP scheme payment to issue. [3321/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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For both new applications and annual applications received and paid in REPS 3 between I January 2006 and 31 December 2006, the average time for making a REP scheme payment was 7 weeks and 1 day. This is within the timeframe agreed for REPS between the farming organisations and my Department.