Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 300 of 15 April 2015, when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21939/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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A Department review of the non-productive capital investment claims submitted by applicants under AEOS was undertaken in 2014.  This review identified irregularities with documentation submitted for reimbursement in some of these claims. A full Department investigation was then initiated, which in turn led to the matter being referred to the Gardaí.  Payments to applicants under review have been deferred pending the outcome of the investigation.  The application of the person named is one of these cases.

The initial stage of this investigation is now concluded and my Department plans to write this week to all participants with payments held seeking further evidence to support their claim for payment, in the amounts declared. Where satisfactory proofs are provided payments will then be processed.