Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2015
397. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the agri-environment option scheme 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37308/15]
View answerUnder 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 cross-checks for the 2015 AEOS scheme year could only take place following the finalisation of the BPS applications for 2015 and the issuing of BPS payments. I anticipate that payments for the 2015 scheme year will commence towards the end of November for those that have successfully come through the administrative checks and where there are no outstanding issues for those who had on-the-spot inspections in 2015.
