Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 November 2021
766. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that the appropriate payments such as area aid, BPS, GLAS and other agri-payments are immediately paid out to farmers (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58913/21]
View answerEU Regulations governing the administration of Basic Payment/Areas of Natural Constraint Schemes/GLAS require that full and comprehensive administrative checks, including in some cases remote sensing (e.g. satellite inspections), are completed before any payments issue. The 2021 application of the persons named was selected for a remote sensing eligibility inspection.
The application is currently being processed. The inspection results, along with any queries identified will be communicated to the applicants as soon as they are available. Any payments due to the applicant will issue as soon as this process is complete.
