Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Question 216: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline on a county basis the number of farmers that have received payments for the 2010 agri-environment option scheme; the number of claimants who are outstanding; when the outstanding payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5957/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The table below details (i) the number of applicants who have received a payment in respect of their 2010 agri environment options scheme and (ii) the number of farmers who have yet to receive payment on a county by county basis. To summarise a total of 6030 applicants have received payments for the 2010 AEOS (detailed on a county by county basis in the following table) and a further 528 applicants were have either withdrawn or been rejected from the scheme following initial approval into the scheme (not available on a county by county basis).

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. These checks are ongoing and my Department is dealing with applications on which queries and issues arose in the course of this administrative checking process. Further payments are issuing on an ongoing basis as these queries are resolved.