Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of farm payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48021/17]

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 1 January 2016. The application is currently progressing through the final validation checks and the advance payment is expected to be paid in the coming weeks.

A Farm Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) must be submitted on behalf of each GLAS 1 and 2 participant to the dedicated online system before the 15% balancing payment or any future GLAS payment can issue. As this applicant has not submitted his NMP, the 15% balancing payment cannot issue. The applicant should check immediately with his adviser on the progress in submitting the NMP.

The person named also submitted a 2017 Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes application on 15 May 2017, the processing of this application is currently being finalised with a view to issuing any payments due to the nominated bank account of the person named as soon as possible.