Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the Teagasc portal is able to accept nutrient management plans for his Department from private practice GLAS planners; the number of times the system has failed to allow this over the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51826/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) submission portal is operated by Teagasc on behalf of the Department.  While the Department monitors the rate of NMP uploads to the system on a daily basis, we do not maintain detailed statistics on the operation of the system.  However, I am satisfied that it has functioned as we would expect as evidenced by the fact that as of December 4th, 33,598 NMPs have been successfully submitted through the system.

However, there are still 3,085 outstanding NMPs which is preventing the payment of future GLAS money to these participants.  I would urge all participants and planners to ensure that the outstanding NMPs are submitted without further delay to ensure GLAS payments can issue to the participants concerned.