Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schedule for payments under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43818/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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GLAS applicants approved under Tranche 1 who have a GLAS contract start date of 1 October 2015 are entitled to a 2015 part-year payment in respect of 2015 eligible actions and covering the three month period 1 October 2015-31 December 2015. It is intended that these 2015 part-year payments will commence later this month. From 2016 onwards GLAS payments will be made on an annual basis as contracts complete the required checks.