Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 701: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for the agri-environment options scheme will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will expedite the application in view he timeframe involved since the application was first submitted. [41101/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) with effect from 1st November 2010.

Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. During these checks a query arose in relation to the claimed Natura area on one of the parcels. This problem is presently being addressed and I expect payment will issue shortly.