Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme and the basic payment scheme have not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; when the payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39763/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted a 2015 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme application on 30 April 2015. EU Regulations governing the administration of these schemes require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases Remote Sensing (i.e. satellite) inspections, be completed before any payments issue.

The application of the person named was selected for a Remote Sensing eligibility inspection. This inspection is currently being processed with the intention of issuing any payments due under the Direct Payments Schemes as soon as possible. In the event that any queries arise officials in my Department will be in contact with the person named.