Brian Cowen
Question:288 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when a second payment of the REP scheme due since December 1995 will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10166/96]
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
The person concerned applied for his second year payment under the REP scheme. However, under revised monitoring and control procedures implemented by my Department recently, compliance checks are required to ensure that farmers have completed the specific works outlined during the first year of the plan before second year payments can be made.
These checks will commence this week on those who joined the scheme in 1994 so that second year payments can be made to that group at the earliest possible date.