Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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1068. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will rectify a records anomaly in the context of GLAS in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13665/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department has not found an anomaly in the GLAS records in respect of the persons named.

In 2015 my Department put in place a procedure for the appointment of commonage advisors to prepare management plans for Commonage shareholders in GLAS.  This procedure was followed and an approved advisor was assigned in September 2015 to prepare the commonage management plan for commonage H19714A comprising of LPIS parcels H197143357, H19714360, H19714433 and H19714434 and the name of the person assigned was published on my Department's website.

The persons named above are GLAS participants and the commonage identification number H19714A is quoted in their respective GLAS applications and received commonage payment in respect of the 2015 part year. As part of the 2016 payment process my Department issued an Interim Commonage Management Plan for H19714A to the assigned advisor in October 2016 for signature by the shareholders to allow 2016 payments to issue. 

On reviewing the documentation in this case I note the persons named applied to have commonage H19714A sub-divided and on foot of this request in November 2016 identification number H19714F was created.  However from a GLAS perspective specifically in respect of the preparation of a management plan as the commonage advisor was assigned to prepare a plan for the entire area contained in H19714A, including the area covered by H19714F, he remains the approved advisor for commonage H19714F and my officials will now instruct him to prepare a separate plan for Commonage H19714F.