Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when all REPS 4 payments due in 2010 will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The EU Regulations governing REPS 4 and other area-based schemes provide that payments issue in two instalments. The first instalment of 75% may be paid once all administrative checks on all applications, as well as cross-checks against areas declared on Single Payment Scheme applications, have been completed. This process is under way and while my objective is to make all payments as soon as possible, the checks are likely to take several more weeks to complete. The balancing payment of 25% can issue once all on-the-spot inspections for the year have taken place. The programme of inspections is well advanced at this stage.