Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2017
703. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in making a GLAS payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/17]
View answerThe person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has received full entitlements in respect of the 2015 scheme year.
Department records show that following a Cross Compliance inspection under the Basic Payment Scheme a penalty was applied on the holding of the person named. Under the regulations the same level of penalty must now be applied to the GLAS payment. The administrative checks on the GLAS application also identified non compliances with the Wild Bird Cover action which resulted in a further penalty being incurred. Officials in my Department are finalising the 2016 payment calculations to take account of these Cross Compliance and GLAS administrative penalties with a view to issuing payment.
