Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a rural environment protection scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3393/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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This REPS 4 contract commenced in May 2009 and payments were made for the first five years of the contract.

REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. Following a request to the Department for a change of name to the REPS Agri-environment Plan a letter issued from the Department in October 2013 and again in February 2014 requesting evidence of the legal status of the holding. To-date this requirement has not been met by the herdowner.