Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the second instalment of a payment under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1655/16]

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 2015 eligible actions, covering the three month period 1 October 2015-31 December 2015.

The application of the person named has successfully completed the pre-payment validation checks in respect of the 2015 part-year payment. The first instalment of 85% of the payment due issued to the person named on the 23^rdDecember 2015. The balancing 15% payment will issue in all such cases in the second quarter of 2016, after all required regulatory checks are completed.