Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of AEOS will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26496/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved for participation in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 3) with effect from 1^stMay 2013.

Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, have to be completed before any payment can issue. During these checks a query arose in respect of land parcels declared as Natura. This is being dealt with by my Department at present and, the application will be processed with a view to making payment in respect of 2013 at the earliest opportunity.