Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58389/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The person named was approved into the GLAS 2 scheme with a contract commencement date of 1^stJanuary 2016. Payments subsequently issued for scheme years 2016 – 2018.

An issue arose in relation to an increase in the eligible areas for some commonage claims which delayed processing of further payments.

All payments previously made to the applicant are now being reviewed to ensure that future payments are correct. Processing of the outstanding payments are at an advance stage and pending final validation checks will issue shortly.

Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an outstanding payment for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58437/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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This was a joint application for Basic Payment and one of the applicants on the joint herd number is deceased. In cases such as this, the Inheritance Enquiry Unit of my Department work with the next of kin, Executor or Legal Representatives of a deceased farmer to help facilitate payment of any outstanding monies and to provide advice and assistance regarding other issues arising, such as a change to the registration details of a herd number where it may be required, or the transfer of payment entitlements or schemes.

In this case, the Inheritance Enquiry Unit has received no correspondence or notification from the surviving joint herd owner, Executor of Legal Representative regarding the death of the late joint herd owner.

The Inheritance Enquiry Unit has now issued a letter to the Representatives of the deceased which outlines the procedure to facilitate payment of outstanding monies and other advice and assistance regarding schemes.

The Executor, Legal Personal Representative or Solicitor should respond to this correspondence or directly contact the Inheritance Enquiry Unit at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Eir Building, Knockmay Road, Portlaoise, Co Laois, E-mail: inheritance@agriculture.gov.ie, Phone Number: 0761-064428, in order to progress all outstanding issues.

The Inheritance Enquiry Unit is available to offer every assistance in the matter.

Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2021 basic payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58466/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The closing date for the receipt of the 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications was 17th May 2021. An application for participation in the 2021 Basic payment Scheme (BPS) was received from the person named on 9th July 2021.

Applications received on or after 12th June 2021 are subject to a 100% penalty. The above named person sought a review of this penalty. Following a review of the documentation provided by the applicant, Force Majeure was applied in this case. My Department wrote to the applicant in October advising of this.

The processing of the application is now underway and any queries identified will be communicated to the applicant as soon as they are available. Any payments due will issue as soon as this process is complete.