Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but the problem is that farmers, many of whom had to wait months on end for their GLAS payment last year and need the 85% advance payment by the end of this year, will not receive the 85% payment until the commonage management plans have been submitted. Surely it is possible to make the 85% payment pending the submission of the commonage management plans. Why should farmers always suffer the pain when problems occur that are not of their making? I ask that the Department facilitate advance payments.

How many commonage management plans has the Department received? I have tabled parliamentary questions on this issue for the past two or three weeks and I have not yet received a clear response.

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