John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the issue in relation to commonage for a person (details supplied); when he expects the issue will be resolved; if his Department will liaise accordingly with the person to keep them informed of the delays and relating issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3583/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year.

During the prepayment checks in respect of the 2016 scheme year an issue was identified with the commonage action. The interim Commonage Farm Plan form for the person named has now been processed by my Department and the application will now be further processed with the intention of issuing payment for 2016 at the earliest opportunity.