Written answers

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications

Photo of Willie PenroseWillie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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577. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that an error which has been identified by his Department in relation to a claim for REPS by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is corrected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2970/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced REPS 4 in June 2009 and received payments for the first four years of their contract. REPS 4 is a measure under the current 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. In order to comply with the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme, each participant is required to have all their lands farmed declared on the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) and include all IACS/Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) numbers and land areas in the REPS Agri-environmental Plan. The person named failed to make an IACS declaration in relation to 2011 and 2012 which rendered their participation in REPS ineligible for the years in question and was informed of this situation. The person named sought a review of this decision and this appeal was unsuccessful. He was afforded the opportunity to appeal the case to the Agriculture Appeal’s Office. To-date no appeal has been received. In the absence of a valid IACS application for the specified years my Department is not in a position to make a payment under REPS.

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