Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2012
941. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme, the single farm payment and the agri-environment option scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48639/12]
View answerThe person concerned is an applicant under the 2012 Single Payment and Disadvantaged Area Schemes.
In order to meet EU requirements, the application concerned was one of a number which was selected for inspection. As this process has not been completed, it has not, as yet, been possible to finalise the processing of this application. As soon as the inspection and related processes are completed, the application concerned will be progressed.
The person named was also approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2011 and has received full payment totalling €1,333.32 in respect of 2011.
Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme, a comprehensive administrative check of all applications, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. This process is well advanced in respect of payment for the 2012 scheme year. Payment will issue at the earliest opportunity once all validations and checks have been successfully completed.
