Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment has not been made to a person (details supplied) in County Galway in respect of a disadvantaged area payment and single farm payment for 2011 and 2012; when it will be granted.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6136/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Applications were received by my Department for disadvantaged area payment and single farm payment for the 2011 scheme year from the brother of the person named on the 15th April 2011. That applicant subsequently died on the 9th May 2011.

Any payments arising from the 2011 applications are due to the estate of the deceased applicant and not to the person named. Officials from my Department wrote to the legal personal representatives of the deceased applicant on the 20th March 2012 requesting details of the bank account to which the 2011 payments should be released. As soon as the bank details are received by my Department, the payments will be released to the estate of the deceased.

An application under the 2012 Single Payment/Disadvantaged Area Scheme was received from the person named on 10 May 2012. Following processing, this application was found to be incomplete. My Department is currently reviewing this application based on correspondence recently received from the person named. As soon as this review is complete, the person named will be notified of the outcome.