Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2013 AEO scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reasons for the delay in payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16867/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved for participation in the 2010 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 1) with effect from 1^stSeptember 2010 and full payment has issued in respect of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Scheme years.

During a 2013 inspection, the person named was found to have non-compliances in respect of the Laying of Hedgerows and Wild Bird Cover actions. A letter issued on the 10^thJanuary 2014 notifying the person named of the non-compliances found on inspection and giving a right of appeal to the Regional Inspector of the Department. As my Department has no record of receiving an appeal, the file was processed for payment based on the inspection findings. On preparing the file for payment it became clear that the extent of the breaches is such that the amount owed by the person named exceeds the amount due for 2013 and therefore no payment falls to be made by my Department.

The person named will shortly receive a letter explaining the reductions and penalties applied.