Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible under the agri-environment options scheme 1 to replace a parcel which has been taken over by a bank recovering a debt; if in such exceptional circumstances a clawback would apply in relation to funds paid on those lands to date and if such circumstances would be considered exceptional circumstances or force majeure circumstances for the purpose of an agricultural appeal in a case where the debt being recovered was not in the name of the AEOS entrant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41818/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The AEOS scheme is an approved measure in Ireland's Rural Development Programme 2007 - 2013. Under the terms of the existing EU approval it is not possible to transfer a commitment to a new parcel and commitments must be delivered on the same parcel for the full duration of the contract. As regards the application of force majeure each appeal is considered on a case by case basis.