Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a service is still accessible to persons who receive same further to a note (details supplied) which appeared on his Department’s help sheet regarding the terms and conditions for 2012 EU single payment scheme; how it is accessed as it has not appeared on recent information documents issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14791/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department seeks to ensure full access to documents such as the Basic Payment Scheme Terms and Conditions, both in order to ensure no applicant is impeded in accessing a scheme and to meet its commitments under legislation such as the Disability Act, 2005.

  I can confirm that in 2012 my Department did, in response to a specific request, provide an oral version of the 2012 Single Payment Scheme Terms and Conditions.  An official from my Department will contact the Deputy’s office directly to establish whether assistance of this nature is required by any applicant under the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme. Arrangements can then be put in place accordingly, and will be kept under review for future iterations of the Basic Payment Scheme Terms and Conditions.