Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons that applied to the 2017 national reserve without having completed a green cert by the May deadline. [43352/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Processing of applications under the 2017 National Reserve is ongoing.  Details of the number of applicants that applied to the 2017 National Reserve without having completed the required agricultural educational qualification by the closing date for receipt of applications of 16^thMay 2017 will be available when processing of all applications has been completed.

Payments under the 2017 National Reserve are due to commence in early December 2017 following the issuing of balancing payments under the Basic Payment Scheme.