Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2056/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Following an inspection in 2014 the Forest Service inspector reported that 1.21ha of this plantation was not up to the required standard. A declaration, signed by the applicant in January 2015, stated that all remedial works had been completed and the site was up to standard. A subsequent inspection by the Forest Service inspector found that there had been no significant improvement in the problem areas and that the spruce trees were chlorotic and stunted. The forest owner is advised to consult with her forester as no further payments will be made until the plantation is declared by the Forest Service inspector to be up to standard.