Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 April 2015
180. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received a rural environment protection scheme payment; the cause of the delay; when the payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16474/15]
View answerThe person named commenced REPS in June 2009 and received payments for the first five years of their contract.
REPS 4 is a measure under the 2007-13 Rural Development Programme and is subject to EU regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before any payments can issue. Following an on-farm inspection in 2014 issues were discovered which required further investigation. These issues have now been resolved and the file is currently being processed. It is anticipated that payment will issue shortly.
