219. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 19 January 2016 to set out the status of applications by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the old young farmers scheme. [4008/16]

The person named amended his National Reserve application from the category of ‘young farmer’ to the category of ‘old young farmer’. Officials from my Department have been in direct contact with the person named in relation to outstanding documentation required to finalise the processing of this application. Once the relevant documents have been received the application will be finalised with a view to payment issuing as soon as possible thereafter.