Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department’s investigation into payments to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the non-productive capital investments element of the agri-environment options scheme; and the estimated timeframe for finalisation of the wider investigation. [6136/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named is an applicant under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme 2010. A Department review of the non-productive capital investment claims submitted by applicants was undertaken in 2014. This review identified irregularities with documentation submitted for reimbursement in some of these claims. A full Department investigation is now underway into this matter and further payments to any AEOS participants included in this review are being held for the time being.  This investigation is still in its early stages and decisions on any future payment cannot be taken until the findings of the investigation are to hand. My Department has written to each of the people concerned on 28 January to explain the situation.