Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application for the 2015 Sheep Technology Adoption Programme. Following confirmation of the completion of relevant tasks in the programme, payment issued in April 2016 to the nominated bank account of the person named.

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.  My Department received a request to withdraw a parcel approved for the Low Input Permanent Pasture action from the approved GLAS application and this has delayed the processing of the payment.  In light of the changed situation the application must be re-assessed and payment will issue when this re-assessment is complete.