Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied) for GLAS and BPS; the reason the payments are delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54678/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Where the Department is served with court orders, including Orders of Garnishee and orders for the appointment of receivers by way of equitable execution, the Department takes all necessary steps to comply with the specific terms of such orders.

My Department is aware of an agreement in place through the courts between the plaintiff and person named and I can confirm that the 2017 payment due to the court order from the Basic Payment Scheme was issued on 15 November, 2017. All other scheme payments which fell due during 2017 have been paid to the person named.

The balance of his 2017 BPS payment only became payable on 3 January, 2018. The application of the terms of the agreement supplied to my Department are unclear and it is now necessary to seek clarification from the Solicitors for the Plaintiff in this regard.