Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 357: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will investigate a situation of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who was accepted on to REP scheme three and then at a later date their application was terminated from the scheme. [18470/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The person named applied to join REPS 3 and submitted an agri-environmental plan, prepared by an approved planner, which was accepted on the basis of the information provided. It subsequently came to light, however, that the land incorporated into his REPS plan was the subject of a grazing agreement — and not a lease, as stated on the REPS plan. The person named was therefore ineligible for payment under the scheme, as a valid lease or ownership documentation is required under REPS terms and conditions. In the circumstances, my Department had no option but to seek a refund of the amount he had received.