Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Last year, 2016, was the first full year of payments under the GLAS scheme. At the end of December 2016, there were 37,500 active participants in the GLAS scheme, of which 27,400 received 85% of their 2016 payment. As Deputy McGrath is aware, payments can only issue when all of the required validation checks have been successfully passed.

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