Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons due payment in 2013 under the agri-environment option scheme and the REP schemes; the number paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53558/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are a total number of 29,240 persons eligible to be paid under the 2013 REPS4 Scheme. A total number of 14,113 persons have been paid their 2013 REPS4 to date. Payments are continuing on a daily basis.

There are currently 13,746 farmers active in AEOS 1 and 2. A total of 9,308 of these farmers have been paid in respect of the 2013 Scheme year. Payments are continuing on a daily basis.

As regards payments to the 5,991 AEOS 3 participants who are in the initial year of the scheme and are therefore subject to a detailed checking process, these will commence in the first quarter of 2014.