Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
1218. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme, GLAS, payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1354/18]
View answerThe person referred to by the Deputy was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 October 2015. Payments in respect of 2015 and 2016 have been made.
An issue presented with the commonage associated with this participant. Department officials identified the issue and the Advisor should now be able to submit the Commonage Management Plan (CMP). Once the case clears all validations the 2017 advance payment will issue. GLAS payments are currently issuing on a weekly basis.
