Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017
941. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that will be taken by his Department to ensure that the delay in respect of AEOS and GLAS payments does not arise again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33739/17]
View answer2015 and 2016 were exceptionally busy years in the development and roll out of the GLAS scheme. A dedicated online application and payment system was developed in house and over 50,000 farmers were approved into the scheme.
As I previously indicated unanticipated problems presented with the roll out of the new payment system some of which had to be resolved on a case by case basis.
I am satisfied that the lessons learned from the initial roll out of the system will result in a more effective delivery going forward.
