Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if interim compensation will be paid by his Department to sheep farmers in the Twelve Bens-Maam Turk area of Connemara, who left the REP scheme in December 2013 and will not be able to join the new GLAS scheme until 2015 due to the delay in approving Pillar 2 of the Common Agricultural Policy; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17004/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I am aware of the situation outlined by the Deputy and the matter is being considered.