Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment for 2017 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50244/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received all payments in respect of scheme years 2015 and 2016 and also the 2017 Advance (85%).

The payment of the 2017 balance has been delayed due to an outstanding Commonage Management Plan (CMP). The CMP was only submitted this week. The case will now move forward for processing of the 2017 balance and the 2018 advance payments. Once all validation checks are cleared the outstanding payments will issue.

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages in County Donegal that have not received agricultural payments to date; the commonages in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50257/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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There are 834 Donegal commonages in GLAS. A Commonage Management Plan (CMP) must be submitted for all GLAS commonages before payment can issue to the GLAS participants farming the commonage. CMPs have been submitted for 759 of the Donegal GLAS commonages. The CMP check is one of many validations to be satisfied before payment can issue.

Until the CMP has been submitted, these GLAS participants are ineligible for further GLAS payments.