GLAS Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2018

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Questions (519)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

519. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages in County Donegal that have not received agricultural payments to date; the commonages in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50257/18]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

There are 834 Donegal commonages in GLAS. A Commonage Management Plan (CMP) must be submitted for all GLAS commonages before payment can issue to the GLAS participants farming the commonage. CMPs have been submitted for 759 of the Donegal GLAS commonages. The CMP check is one of many validations to be satisfied before payment can issue.

Until the CMP has been submitted, these GLAS participants are ineligible for further GLAS payments.