Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 that have received the 2017 balancing payment; the number that have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting their 2017 balancing payment; the number in receipt of GLAS payments that have yet to receive the 2017 balancing payment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27302/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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GLAS 2017 balancing payments commenced payment week ending 18 May 2018 as per my Department’s commitment at the beginning of the year to commence these in May.

To date, over 98% of eligible GLAS participants have received their balancing payment. A number of cases remain ineligible for payment as the GLAS participant and/or their Advisor need to take action. I would encourage any GLAS applicant with outstanding obligations, such as the submission of a Nutrient Management Plan or finalisation of a Commonage Management Plan to ensure that this work is completed. Without the submission of all the required information, these applicants will remain ineligible for further GLAS payments.

Please find in the following table a further breakdown of GLAS 2017 payments made to date.

Table awaited.