Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of an agri-environmebnt options scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25560/13]

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 and full payment totalling €1,182.91 issued in respect of 2011. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. These checks have been completed and payment totalling €3,988.96 issued to the person named in respect of the 2012 scheme year – 75% on 13 May and 25% on 15 May.