Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2021 GLAS payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56171/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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A key priority for my Department is the efficient issuing of scheme payments to farmers. I am very pleased that GLAS payments commenced a week ahead of our stated target of mid-November.

Administrative checks involving a number of sections within the Department take place on all GLAS claims. All cases must clear validation checks before payment can issue.

In this case, an issue arose in relation to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) preliminary check. My Department is currently working to resolve the issue in the case concerned. GLAS payments are continuing to issue on a weekly basis as applications pass validation checks and are approved for payment.