Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 January 2014
710. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payments of agri-environment options scheme and single farm payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1802/14]
View answerThe person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme with effect from 1 September 2011 and full payment has issued 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. During the checking process in respect of the 2012 Scheme year, an issue was identified regarding the parcel use of one of the selected actions. This matter has been queried with the applicant’s planner and upon receipt of a satisfactory response to this, the application will be further processed with the intention of issuing payment in respect of 2012 at the earliest opportunity.
Following the issue of the 2012 payment, the 2013 payment will be processed as soon as possible.
Payment in respect of the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme issued directly to the nominated bank account of the person named on 10 December 2012. Payment in respect of the 2013 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme has not issued as, at this stage, the holding concerned has not yet satisfied the Scheme minimum stocking density requirements for 2013. An exercise to take account of December 2013 data, which has recently become available, is currently ongoing and is scheduled to be completed before the end of January. This will establish the definitive position of the holding of the person named and other similarly affected scheme applicants. Should that re-validation confirm that the holding has satisfied the Scheme requirements, the case will be further processed with a view to payment issuing at the earliest possible date thereafter.
The person named did not establish entitlements Single Payment Scheme and is not eligible for payment under that scheme.
