Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33396/16]

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.

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 now successfully completed the pre-payment validation checks in respect of the 2015 scheme year and full entitlement due for 2015 was processed on 4 November 2016 and should issue to the applicant in the coming days.