Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask the Taoiseach or the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, for a clear explanation as to why up to 10,000 of 38,000 farmers in the green, low-carbon, agri-environment scheme, GLAS, are still waiting on their payments. Why is this? It is a real failure on the Minister's and the Department's behalf. Will the Minister also give a clear explanation and outline when the farmers will get paid? The Minister knows it is a breach of the farmers' charter. They were due to be paid in December. The average payment is €4,500 and farm families who were expecting this in advance of Christmas have been put in a very difficult position because they still do not have it.

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