Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who have not yet received their first payment under GLAS for 2016; the reason for the delay in payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8139/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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To date, some 29,700 farmers have been paid a total of €106m under GLAS. GLAS payment has issued to over 80% of scheme participants entitled to a payment in the 2016 scheme year. Payments continue to be processed on an ongoing basis and will issue on a weekly basis as the remaining 7,236 cases are cleared for payment.