Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the sheep technology scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6508/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named joined the Sheep Technology Adoption Programme in February 2013 and has received payment in respect of 2013. In order to qualify for payment, Sheep Technology Adoption Programme participants were required to attend five meetings and satisfactorily complete two tasks (from a menu of ten) in each year. In 2014, the person named did not attend any meetings and did not satisfactorily complete either task. In 2015, he did not satisfactorily complete the Faecal Egg Count task. As a result he did not comply with the Programme requirements, and did not receive payment in 2014 or 2015.

This decision has been the subject of an initial internal appeal, and the decision was upheld. The person named has been advised of the outcome of the appeal and of the avenue for further appeal which is available.