Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
518. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS, green low carbon agri-environment scheme, payments due to be issued to applicants in County Monaghan before the end of 2016 which were not issued by the target date; the number of those payments that have issued in the interim; the number outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3101/17]
View answerUnder 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 be completed before any payment can issue.
The following table outlines the number of farmers in Monaghan actively participating in GLAS 1 and 2 that are due a payment in respect of the 2016 scheme year and the numbers that have not received a payment in respect of 2016.
|
Scheme |
Numbers of active applications for Monaghan |
Number of applications not paid for Monaghan |
|
GLAS 1 |
585 |
145 |
|
GLAS 2 |
152 |
38 |
Work on processing cases which did not pass the required pre payment checks is on-going with a view to effecting payment as quickly as possible.
