Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of their single farm payment and their REP scheme 4 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42737/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Payment of the 50% advance under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme is due to commence on 16 October, with balancing payments scheduled to begin on 1 December. I can confirm that the application under the 2012 Single Payment Scheme, received from the person named on 20 April 2012, has been processed, with the advance payment scheduled to issue with the initial tranche of payments.

The person named commenced REPS 3 in March 2006 and received full payments for the entire five years of their contract under REPS. The contract under REPS 3 expired on 28 February 2011. The person named is now an AEOS (Agri-Environmental Options Scheme) participant.