Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 237: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 11 January 2012, if payment has issued to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8522/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced REPS in June 2008 and received payments for the first three years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue in respect of 2011. These checks have now been completed and 75% of the year 4 payment issued to the person named on 20 January 2012 for the amount of €9210.89, and the remaining 25% balancing payment issued on 25 January 2012 for the amount of €3070.29.

Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8650/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 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, had to be completed before any payment could issue. During these checks a query arose in respect of land parcels declared which required digitisation. This is being dealt with by my Department at present and once the digitisation process is completed, the application will be processed with a view to making payment in respect of 2010 at the earliest opportunity.

Payments in respect of the 2011 Scheme year are subject to a similar administrative checking process which includes verification of capital investments related to approved AEOS actions. These checks have now been completed and following the payment of year 1, the payment in respect of year 2 will be processed further.