Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 March 2015
309. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 2 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12711/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person named was approved for participation in the 2011 Agri Environment Options Scheme (AEOS 2) with effect from 1st September 2011.
A Department review of the non-productive capital investment claims submitted by applicants under the AEOS was undertaken in 2014. This review identified irregularities with documentation submitted for reimbursement in some of these claims. A full Department investigation is now under way into this matter and the application of the person named is included in this investigation. My Department wrote to each of the applicants concerned on 28 January to explain the situation.
The matter has now been referred to An Garda Síochána for their consideration and decisions on individual cases cannot be made until the investigation is progressed further.
