Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said that all AEOS cases that were held up due to computer problems in his department have now been finalised.

“In the case of AEOS, IT-related cases were worked through systematically and cases were paid on a weekly basis as they were finalised.

“I am happy to announce that all of these cases have now been finalised and that there are no ongoing information technology problems in relation to AEOS,” he said in reply to a parliamentary question in the Dáil this week.

Twice as many

Responding to a question by Eugene Murphy of Fianna Fáil, Minister Creed said his department had delivered over 20 new schemes in the current Rural Development Programme (RDP) that were supported by IT capability, twice as many as in the entire 10-year lifetime of the previous RDP programme.

“This rate of delivery and draw-down would not have been possible without the availability of high quality complex IT software systems to support the business units in operating these schemes.

We have been consistently among the first to make payments in the EU

“Since 2014, my Department has adopted a policy of implementing fully digital end-to-end support for all but the smallest of schemes. My Department has an excellent record in the delivery of high-quality ICT systems. We have been consistently among the first to make payments in the EU,” said Minister Creed.

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