Written answers

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Photo of Noel GrealishNoel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri environment option scheme 2 payment will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/13]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the EU Regulations governing the Agri-environment Options Scheme (AEOS) 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.

Payments for the AEOS 2 2012 applications year have commenced and all applications which have cleared the administrative checking process have been paid. A large number of queries have arisen in relation to the claims submitted by participants in respect of the Capital Investment Option under the scheme. The Department has been in contact with the farmers involved and further payments are issuing as queries are resolved.

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