Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons who had received no 2016 AEOS payment by 1 January 2017, in view of the commitment to have all AEOS payments issued by the end of 2016. [8227/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under the EU regulations governing the Scheme payments cannot begin to issue until after 15 October each year, at the earliest. In addition, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place before payments can issue. As 2016 was the final scheme year for AEOS 2 participants, recheck on payments for all scheme years must be completed before final payments can be processed.

Once applications have successfully passed these checks they are processed for payment. All applicants who successfully passed the required checks were processed before year end.

There were approximately 8,600 active applicants in AEOS at the 31st December 2016. Approximately, 5,300 applicants received their 2016 AEOS payments before year end. Of the remaining 3,300 applicants, 1,016 have been issued payments since the beginning of this year, with payments continuing on a weekly basis as cases are cleared.

Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2016 AEOS payments issued each week in 2017 for each county in tabular form; the number of persons in County Cork now waiting for their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8228/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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A total of 1,016 AEOS 2016 payments have issued since the beginning of the year. There are currently 118 applicants awaiting 2016 payments in Cork. 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 take place before payments can issue. As 2016 is the final scheme year of payment for AEOS 2 participants, recheck on payments for all scheme years must be completed before final payments can be processed. Once applications have successfully passed these checks they will be processed for payment.