Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22268/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named joined Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS 4) in April 2009 and received payments for the first two years of the contract period.

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. It is a requirement of REPS 4 that an applicant must submit a Single Payment Scheme application. During the administrative check on the 2011 scheme year, it was discovered that the person named failed to submit a 2011 Single Payment Scheme application and, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the scheme, is ineligible for REPS 4 in 2011. This issue is currently the subject of an appeal to the Single Payments Scheme Division in the Department and I expect that a decision will issue shortly to the person named.

In the meantime, the REPS 4 payment in respect of 2012 is being finalised and payment will issue shortly to the person named.