Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016
215. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme. [6754/16]
View answerThe person named has been approved under Tranche 2 of GLAS with a contract start date of 1 January 2016, therefore they are not due a 2015 GLAS part year payment. Payment in respect of 2016 will be processed in the final quarter of the year.
The person named commenced their AEOS contract on 1 November 2010 and has been paid for the 2010-2014 scheme years.
Under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment schemes, a comprehensive administrative check, including cross-checks with the Land Parcel Identification System must take place. As all AEOS 1 participants will be receiving their final payments under the scheme, re-checks on payments made for all scheme years must be completed before final payment can be processed. Officials are working through these files and payment will be made in all cases as soon as possible.
