Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 41: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will be in a position to clarify the payment of €150/ha in nature areas under the agricultural environmental options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16901/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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My proposal to increase the payment rate to €150 per hectare on Natura 2000 sites under the new Agri-environmental Options Scheme requires European Commission approval. A proposed amendment to the Scheme has therefore been submitted to the Commission and my officials are pressing for it to be dealt with as a matter of priority.