Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 February 2015
72. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7273/15]
View answerThe person named is an applicant under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme 2010. A Department review of the non-productive capital investment claims submitted by applicants was undertaken in 2014. This review identified irregularities with documentation submitted for reimbursement in some of these claims. A full Department investigation is now underway into this matter and the application of the person named is included in this investigation.
Further payments to AEOS participants included in this review are being withheld for the time being. My Department wrote to each of the applicants concerned on 28 January to explain the situation. Decisions on any future payment cannot be taken until the findings of the investigation are to hand.
