Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/16]

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 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 delayed the processing of the payment. The agricultural advisor of the person named then submitted a request to GLAS section cancelling the withdrawal of this parcel. Department officials sought and have now received confirmation of this request from the person named.

The application has been processed on this basis and will be included in the next pay run for payment in respect of the 2015 scheme year, which is due to issue shortly.