Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their balancing GLAS payment for 2016; his views on whether it is fair that due to information technology incompetence the person must wait 16 months for their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8844/18]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their balancing GLAS payment for 2017; his views on whether it is fair that due to information technology incompetence the person must wait 16 months for their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8845/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 168 together.

The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full payments in respect of 2015 and the 2016 scheme advance payment.

The Department is aware of an issue with this case that resulted in the subsequent payments not being made. A solution has been identified and the 2016 balance payment is expected to issue shortly. GLAS payments continue to issue on a weekly basis.