GLAS Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017

Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Questions (1220)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

1220. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 who have received the 15% of their total 2016 payment, by county, in tabular form; the number of persons who have passed all payment approval checks and are awaiting the 15% portion of the 2016 payment; the number of GLAS recipients who have yet to receive this portion of payment, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36680/17]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The number of participants who have received their 15% balancing payment and who have been cleared for payment is set out in the following table.

All GLAS participants must submit a nutrient management plan before their balancing payment can be released and to date 20,337 have complied with this requirement and some 16,338 are still awaited.

Balancing payments continue to be made on an on-going basis as files are cleared.

County	No. of applicants paid to date	No. of applicants cleared for payment
Carlow	214	9
Cavan	807	44
Clare	1325	73
Cork	1795	101
Donegal	1631	79
Dublin	39	3
Galway	2291	109
Kerry	1000	53
Kildare	183	12
Kilkenny	275	15
Laois	331	5
Leitrim	691	37
Limerick	537	12
Longford	392	21
Louth	106	3
Mayo	2022	88
Meath	289	10
Monaghan	418	10
Offaly	265	17
Roscommon	961	72
Sligo	546	30
Tipperary	566	14
Waterford	190	4
Westmeath	369	10
Wexford	426	26
Wicklow	185	18
Total	17854	875