Written answers

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the agri-environment options scheme and the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6473/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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A GLAS application for th is herd number has been approved under Tranche 1 of GLAS with a contract start date of 1 January 2016 and accordingly a 2015 GLAS part year payment is not due . The first payment due under this herd number is in respect of the 2016 scheme year and this payment will be processed in the final quarter of this year. An AEOS contract for the herd number commenced on 1 November 2010. Payment has issued for the 2010-2014 scheme years.

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 application of the person named was also selected for an on-farm inspection which took place on 3 July 2015.  During this inspection non-compliances with the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme were noted in relation to the Species Rich Grassland and Traditional Hay Meadow action which resulted in a penalty being incurred.  The application will now be processed on the basis of the inspection findings and payment in respect of the 2015 Scheme year, less the appropriate penalty, will issue at the earliest opportunity.

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