Written answers
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Agri-Environment Options Scheme Appeals
John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their appeal on agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, 3; the reason it is taking so long for a decision to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9253/14]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) from the person named was received in my Department on 7th December 2012. The Terms and Conditions of the AEOS 3 Scheme preclude participants active in the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Farm Plan Scheme in 2013 from eligibility for AEOS. During the pre-approval validation checks, a cross check was carried out against the NPWS database and it was found that the person named was a participant in that Scheme. As a result of this the application was unsuccessful. On 10th June 2013, a letter issued to the person named informing him of this and giving him the option of appeal to the Department. An appeal was received from the person named and a letter has issued upholding the original decision and giving the right of appeal to the Agriculture Appeals Office.
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