Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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1596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS application for a person (details supplied); if the commonage of the GLAS element of the application will be improved in order that payment can be made for this element of the GLAS application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26168/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, 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 Department is processing outstanding 2015 balancing payments and the payment due to the person named, will issue after all required regulatory checks are fully completed.