Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the green low-carbon agricultural scheme, GLAS, to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5540/17]

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

During the 2016 balancing prepayment checking process an issue was identified in relation to Low-Input Permanent Pasture action.  Department officials have examined this issue and the application will now be further processed for 2016 advance payment.

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the green low-carbon agricultural scheme, GLAS, to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5541/17]

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 the 1 October 2015 and has received a first payment instalment of 85% in respect of the 2015 scheme year. 

During the 2015 balancing prepayment checking process an issue was identified with the Commonage action.  Department officials are examining this issue with a view to resolving and further processing the application for the balancing payment at the earliest opportunity.

Following the issue of payment in respect of the 2015 Scheme year, the application of the person named will be processed in respect of the 2016 Scheme year.