Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2017
528. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS, green low carbon agri-environment scheme, payments that have issued as part of the most recent tranche; the number of outstanding payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2824/17]
View answerAt the end of December 2016 there were 37,500 active participants in the GLAS of whom 27,400 received 85% of their 2016 payment. Payment can only issue where all the required validation checks have been successfully passed. Work on processing all outstanding cases is on-going with a view to effecting payment as quickly as possible.
