Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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1368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers who qualify for GLAS Plus can expect a balancing three-month payment on the additional 2015 €2,000 GLAS moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41404/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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GLAS 1 participants must be in receipt of their full basic GLAS 2015 entitlement before applications can be processed to have their GLAS+ eligibility determined.  To date, 20,452 participants are in receipt of their 2015 entitlement of which 20,375 have had their GLAS+ eligibility determined.  The majority of participants who qualify for the GLAS+ payment have received their 2015 GLAS+ entitlement.  Processing of payments in respect of the 2015 scheme year and GLAS+ entitlements are ongoing and will issue for outstanding applications at the earliest opportunity once all required checks have been successfully completed.