Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 payments who have received the 85% advance on the 2018 payment; the number of persons who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting the 85% portion of the 2018 payment; the number of GLAS recipients who have yet to receive the portion of payment; the details of GLAS participants who have not received the advance payment due to outstanding nutrient management plans, GLAS training or finalisation of a commonage management plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53636/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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To date, 41,692 GLAS participants have received their 2018 advance payment. In addition, GLAS Plus payments have also been paid to 2,795 GLAS farmers. This amounts to over €150m paid since 2018 payments commenced on November 14th and equates to 96% of eligible cases paid.

Over 80% of outstanding 2018 payments require action by the GLAS participant concerned or their advisor. The majority of these cases relate to the non submission of Commonage Management Plans, Nutrient Management Plans or where the mandatory GLAS training has not been completed. Other issues that have delayed payment include Low Emission Slurry Spreading and Rare Breeds forms not returned or cases that require investigation as the GLAS participant has omitted to update the Department on issues crucial to the payment process.

My Department is working closely with GLAS farmers and their advisors to ensure that payments issue as quickly as possible. I would urge all participants with outstanding issues to contact their adviser to ensure that their application can pass through validations without further delay. GLAS payments will continue to issue on a weekly basis. Payment rate to date are as follows: