Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 May 2017
1208. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the higher rate of GLAS for special areas of conservation ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20126/17]
View answerThe person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015 and has been paid in full in respect of the 2015 scheme year. The 85% payment for 2016 has also been processed and payment has issued to the person named.
The only action selected in the application is commonage which attracts a payment rate of €120 per Hectare up to the overall scheme ceiling of €5,000 which the person named is eligible for. There is no record of privately owned SAC ground on the holding.
