Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2017
519. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a payment that a person (details supplied) was due to receive in early December 2016 and has not received to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8084/17]
View answerThe person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of the 1 October 2015.
The first payment due to the person named is in respect of the 2016 scheme year. During the prepayment checks in respect of 2016 an issue was identified in relation to the Protection of Watercourses from Bovines action. Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to further processing the application for the 2016 payment as soon as possible.
