Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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800. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a GLAS payment. [26750/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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An application under Tranche 1 of GLAS was received in my Department on the 16 May 2015 and the person named was approved into the GLAS 1 with effect from 1 October 2015.

Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System, must be completed before any payment can issue. 

The application of the person named has not successfully completed the latest GLAS pre-payment validation checks in respect of the 2015 scheme year.  During this checking process, under the Forestry Check an issue was identified with some parcels which requires further examination.  Department officials are working to resolve this issue  and when this has been resolved the payment will be processed at the earliest opportunity.