Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the AEOS payment for 2011 to the residuary legatees in estate of the deceased person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3148/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2011 and has received full payment in respect of the 2011 and 2012 Scheme years.

The participant passed away on 24 July 2013 and contact was made with the representatives of the deceased’s estate to establish whether the AEOS contract would be taken over by a successor. The contract is being taken over by a relative, and will be transferred into his name once the herd number has been transferred. The Department will transfer the herd number upon receipt of appropriate documentation, which was requested on 14 October, 2013 and has not been received to date. Once the herd number is regularised, payment for 2013 will be processed in the successor’s name and will issue at the earliest opportunity.