Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue on an agri environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38106/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1st September 2011 and has received full payment totalling €866.45 in respect of 2011.

Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. This process is well advanced in respect of the 2012 scheme year and I expect that payments will commence later in the year.