Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive their agri environment option scheme payment for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49561/12]
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 1 September 2011.
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. During these checks issues were identified in relation to the claimed areas on the Species Rich Grassland action. My Department is currently examining these issues and once satisfactorily resolved, payment will issue at the earliest opportunity.
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