Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a payment under the agri-environment options scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39307/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced her AEOS 1 contract on 1 May 2010 and received payment in respect of the 2010 scheme year. Issues arose in respect of the Capital Investment element of the contract, resulting in a lower payment for the scheme years 2011 and 2012. Two supplementary payments in the amount of €965.69 issued on 25/6/12 and 11/3/13 respectively, restoring full payments for 2011 and 2012. Full payment then issued as normal for the 2013 and 2014 scheme years.

In relation to 2015, payments in any calendar year cannot be made until after 15 October at the earliest. Also, 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, must be completed before any payment can issue. The cross-checks for the 2015 AEOS scheme year could only take place following the finalisation of the BPS applications for 2015 and the issuing of BPS payments. It is expected that AEOS payments for the 2015 scheme year will commence towards the end of November for those that have successfully come through the administrative checks and where there are no outstanding issues for those who had on-the-spot inspections in 2015.