Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1542/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The person named has been approved under Tranche 1 of GLAS with a contract start date of 1 October 2015. GLAS applicants with a start date of 1 October 2015 are entitled to a 2015 part-year payment in respect of certain actions, and covering the three month period 1 October 2015-31 December 2015.

During the prepayment validation checks on the application of the person named two queries were identified. Department officials are examining these issues with a view to resolving them and moving to process the application for the part-year payment as soon as possible.