Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be issued to a person (details supplied). [24278/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The vast majority (80%) of Organic Farming Scheme participants have already received their 85% advance payment in respect of 2016.  Balancing payments have also started to issue in respect of the old Organic Farming Scheme.

The outstanding Organic Farming Scheme payments relate to cases where issues have been identified and follow up is required. These issues are being investigated and dealt with on a case by case basis. 

In the case of the person named, there was an issue relating to nitrates which led to a cross-compliance penalty being applied.  Once the implications of this for the Organic Farming payment in question have been resolved, the correct payment will be calculated and will issue as soon as possible thereafter.