Written answers
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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1200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when will applicants in the agri-environment option scheme 3 start receiving their payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38001/13]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed on all applications before any payment can issue. My Department is dealing with a significant number of discrepancies that have arisen on individual AEOS 111 files as a result of preliminary administrative checks. I expect that all administrative checks will be completed and payments will commence in the first quarter of 2014.
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