Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5786/16]

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 eligible for a 2015 part-year payment in respect of 2015 eligible actions, for the three month period 1 October 2015 - 31 December 2015.

The first instalment of the payment issued to the person named on the 8 March 2016. The balancing payment will issue in the second quarter of 2016, after all required regulatory checks are fully completed.