Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6415/17]

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

The original GLAS contract was approved for transfer to the person named from a relative.  An issue arose in relation to bank accounts.  An official from my Department was in direct contact with the person named on 13 January 2017 concerning this matter and it was confirmed by the person named that the payment had been received by them.

Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received GLAS payments. [6446/17]

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

During the 2016 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 payment at the earliest opportunity.