Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment has issued in full for agri environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44083/12]

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 the 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. The application was selected for an on the spot Single Payment inspection, this resulted in a 5% Cross Compliance penalty being imposed on the AEOS payment in respect of the 2010 scheme year. Following the deduction of the 5% Cross Compliance penalty, the full payment of €692.11 issued for 2010.

Similar checks are carried out in respect of payment for the 2011 scheme year. These checks have been successfully completed and full payment totalling €4,371.34 issued in respect of 2011 in July 2012.

I expect 2012 payments to commence later this year.