Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister confirm that the 9,119 refers to the number who have initiated a GLAS application but in no way reflects the number who have a completed application? One has to register at the beginning of the process. Will the Minister tell me how many completed applications there are for GLAS?

Last week, the Minister said there were 477 accredited GLAS planners. As there is much work in these plans, these planners will probably produce 40 plans each, a plan per working day. This only gives 20,000 plans by the current deadline. To my knowledge, there are only 9,000 completed plans so far. Will the Minister accept there is no way he will have 30,000 completed plans by 22 May? Is there a legal possibility under the regulation to have a later closing date for GLAS than for the basic payment?

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