Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 agri-environment options scheme 2015; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8954/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named commenced their AEOS contract on 1 September 2011 and was paid for the 2011 to 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 the 19 August 2015. During this inspection non-compliances with the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme were noted in relation to the taking of soil samples. This has resulted in the rejection of the AEOS application. The person named was notified of this by letter dated 19 November 2015. This letter also granted the right of appeal to the Agriculture Appeals Office within three months of the date of the letter. The Agriculture Appeals Office have advised that no appeal has been submitted.