Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) who has complied with the terms and conditions of the GLAS scheme and paid their commonage adviser will receive the balancing payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23494/18]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an approved GLAS commonage adviser is refusing to submit a commonage management plan on behalf of a number of farmers, some of whom have paid in advance, causing a delay in GLAS payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23589/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 491 and 492 together.

The person named was approved into GLAS 3 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2017 and has received the 2017 advance payment.

The finalisation of a commonage management plan is a requirement for any GLAS participant claiming the Commonage action and its submission is entirely a matter between them and their advisor. The person named may wish to contact their advisor to ensure that the relevant commonage management plan is finalised. I am pleased to note that these plans are being finalised on the online CMP system on an ongoing basis with over 150 plans finalised in the past few days. Any queries that individual Advisors may have can be raised by email at glascommonages@agriculture.gov.ie.