Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the agri environment option scheme 3 will issue to farmers; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18436/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The checks are well under way for AEOS 3 and I anticipate that payments for AEOS 3 in respect of 2013 will commence shortly.

Under the EU Regulations governing all area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue.

Successive EU audits have made it absolutely clear that compliance with the Regulations must be strictly adhered to and that all administrative checks must be passed and eligibility conditions met before payment issues. As a result, my Department is obliged to ensure that individual payments will not issue until all aspects of a farmer’s application are in order, all outstanding documentation provided and all queries resolved. Queries are being resolved on an ongoing basis and officials in my Department are in contact with the applicants concerned to resolve any outstanding issues.

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total payments made to farmers in County Monaghan in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 under REPS and AEOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18437/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of total payments made to participants in REPS/AEOS in County Monaghan in respect of the Scheme years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 are set out below in tabular form. Payments have not yet commenced in relation to the Scheme year 2014.

Payments made to REPS participants in County Monaghan

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total payments made to farmers in County Cavan in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 under REPS and AEOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18438/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of total payments made to participants in REPS/AEOS in County Cavan in respect of the Scheme years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 are set out below in tabular form. Payments have not yet commenced in relation to the Scheme year 2014.

Payments made to REPS participants in County Cavan.

Payments made to AEOS 1 Participants in Co. Cavan