Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35135/17]

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 prepayment checking process an issue was identified as the Planting New Hedgerows action was selected on a land parcel declared under the Basic Payment Scheme with an incompatible land use.  The applicant was informed of the position and his advisor submitted a Basic Payment Scheme amendment application which was unsuccessful.  The person named has been contacted directly in relation to the matter.