Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS payments due to be issued to persons in County Cavan before the end of 2016 which were not issued by the target date; the number of those payments that have issued in the interim; the number outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3100/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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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 table below outlines the number of farmers in Cavan actively participating in GLAS 1 and 2 that are due a payment in respect of the 2016 scheme year and the numbers that have not received a payment in respect of 2016.

Work on processing cases which did not pass the required pre payment checks, is on-going with a view to effecting payment as quickly as possible.