Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3810/17]

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 1October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year.

The 85% payment for 2016 has been processed and payment has issued to the person named.

Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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629. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when respective GLAS payments will be made to persons (details supplied) in view of the fact that their payments were due in October 2016; if he will intervene to ensure payments are processed by the end of January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3821/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The persons named were approved into GLAS 2 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016. 

The first payment due to the persons named is in respect of the 2016 scheme year.  During the 2016 prepayment checking process, issues were identified with the commonage action for both of these applications.  Department officials are examining these issues with a view to resolving and further processing the application for payment at the earliest opportunity.