Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 25 February 2015
101. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2014 payment will issue under the agri-environment options scheme 1 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8380/15]
View answerThe person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 2) with effect from the 1st September 2011 and payment has issued in respect of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Scheme years. Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. The application was selected for a ground inspection which took place on the 9th September 2014. During this inspection issues arose in respect of land declared which required digitisation. This is being dealt with by my Department at present and once the digitisation is completed, the inspection process will be finalised. Once finalised, the application will be processed with a view to making payment in respect of 2014 at the earliest opportunity.
