Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments to a person (details supplied) in County Cork, including when all outstanding payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4143/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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An application under the 2015 Basic Payment/Area of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme was received from the person named on 22 May 2015. Processing of the Basic Payment Scheme is complete and payments have issued to the nominated bank account of the person named. As per the Terms and Conditions of the ANC Scheme and EU Regulation 21/2004, all flock owners are obliged to count the sheep and goats in their flock on a specific date each year and return this information via the Annual Sheep Census to the Department by a specified closing date each year. The December 2014 Sheep Census had an initial closing date of 30 January 2015. This closing date was extended to 31 May 2015 for ANC payment purposes . Payment did not issue under the 2015 Area of Natural Constraints Scheme in this case as the Sheep Census return of the person named was not received until after the closing date.