Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason full payment did not issue for a 2014 agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [17065/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved for participation in the 2010 Agri Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 1) with effect from 1 September 2010. U nder 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, must be completed before any payment can issue. As part of these checks, a ground inspection was carried out on 2 August 2013 and it was established that one of the actions, Laying Hedgerows, was not eligible for payment under the Terms and Conditions of the scheme. Payments under the scheme were reduced accordingly.

The full payment for 2014, reduced by the ineligible action, has now issued. The first instalment of 75% was issued on 7 April 2015 and the balance of 25% was issued on 8 April 2015. There are no outstanding payments due on this contract at present.