Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date under EU CAP regulations that all balancing payments under RDP schemes such as GLAS and sheep welfare must be issued for eligible participants in a calendar year. [18483/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under Article 75 of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 advance payments in respect of rural development schemes such as GLAS and the Sheep Welfare Scheme (as defined in Article 67 (2)) may be made from 16 October onwards. There is no deadline for the issuing of  balancing payments applicable this year.

Balancing payments in respect of both of these schemes are expected to start soon and I would urge all applicants to ensure that they have submitted all of the information required in order to allow us to make the balancing payment.