Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015
379. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive payment under the Agri Environment Options Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11850/15]
View answerThe person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 2) with effect from the 1st September 2011.
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.
