Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his future plans for any new REP schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27597/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Ireland has had a very successful record in the operation of agri-environment schemes since 1994, when the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme commenced, and continuing with its successor the Agri-Environment Options Schemes to the present day. I expect that this will continue. The shape and content of any such scheme will be determined in the context of the introduction of the EU regulatory framework governing the next Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.