Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in rep scheme 4 has been told that the Department has been instructed to hold back payment to person's that joined in 2007; if this is true, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50784/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced REPS 4 in December 2007 and has received payments for the first four 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. This administrative checks are well advanced for the 2012 REPS 4 scheme year and my Department is processing claims including those cases where there are penalty adjustments or outstanding queries. My aim is to finalise the process as quickly as possible and to commence payments in the near future. In the event that any issues arise on the file of the person named, officials in my Department will be in direct contact with the person named.