Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that did not receive their 85% payment for 2015 to date under the GLAS scheme, broken down by county; the number in the GLAS scheme at 31 December 2016 broken down on the same basis; the reason for the delay in payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2374/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Some 25,800 farmers are active in the GLAS 1 of which 22,150 were eligible for a part year payment in respect of 2015. Over 21,500 have received 85% of their 2015 payment.

At end of December 2016 there were 37,500 active participants in the GLAS scheme of which 27,400 received 85% of their 2016 payment. Payment can only issue where all the required validation checks have been successfully passed.  Some 10,100 cases did not pass all the checks. Work on processing these cases, including development of further IT functionality, is on-going with a view to effecting payment as quickly as possible. 

The detailed county by county breakdown requested by the deputy is being collated and will be forwarded directly when finalised.